Upper extremity vascular injury: A current in-theater wartime report from Operation Iraqi Freedom

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 429-434

  Clouse, W Darrin ^a,b   Rasmussen, Todd E ^a,b,c   Perlstein, Jon ^b,c   Sutherland, Michael J ^b,c   Peck, Michael A ^a,b,c   Eliason, Jonathan L ^a,b,c   Jazerevic, Slobadon ^b,c   Jenkins, Donald H ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD   (Iraq)

^b WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM; BATTLE INJURY; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; IRAQ; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 33748588456     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10016-006-9090-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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