The use of damage-control principles for penetrating pelvic battlefield trauma

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 191, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 604-609

  Arthurs, Zachary ^a   Kjorstad, Randy ^a   Mullenix, Phillip ^a   Rush Jr , Robert M ^a   Sebesta, James ^a   Beekley, Alec ^a  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Battlefield; Damage control surgery; Military; Penetrating pelvic trauma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA BASE; DEATH; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIS INJURY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM INJURY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLAST INJURIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PELVIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WAR; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 33646075972     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2006.02.009     Document Type: Article

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