In-Theater Management of Vascular Injury: 2 Years of the Balad Vascular Registry

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 204, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 625-632

  Clouse, W Darrin ^a,b,c   Rasmussen, Todd E ^a,b,c   Peck, Michael A ^a,b,c   Eliason, Jonathan L ^a,b,c   Cox, Mitchell W ^a,b,c   Bowser, Andrew N ^a,b,c   Jenkins, Donald H ^a,b,c   Smith, David L ^a,b,c   Rich, Norman M ^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

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ARMY; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CONFLICT; DISEASE REGISTRY; HUMAN; IRAQ; LIMB INJURY; NECK INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHUNTING; THORAX INJURY; VIET NAM;

BLOOD VESSELS; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; IRAQ; REGISTRIES; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; WAR;

EID: 33947307175     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.01.040     Document Type: Article

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