Civilian and detainee orthopaedic surgical care at an Air Force Theater Hospital

Techniques in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 130-134

  Ingari, John V ^a,b   Powell, Elisha ^a  

^a TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Air evacuation; Air Force Theater Hospital; Civilian orthopaedic surgical care; Detainee orthopaedic surgical care; External fixation of war injured extremities

Indexed keywords

AIR FORCE; ARMY; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; DEBRIDEMENT; FRACTURE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE IMMOBILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; IRAQ; MILITARY SERVICE; OPEN REDUCTION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND CARE;

HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; IRAQ; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; WAR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34249868755     PISSN: 10893393     EISSN: 15316572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/bth.0b013e3180312738     Document Type: Article

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