Penetrating femoropopliteal injury during modern warfare: Experience of the Balad Vascular Registry

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1259-1265

  Woodward, E Baylor ^a,c,d   Clouse, W Darrin ^a,b,d   Eliason, Jonathan L ^a,b,d   Peck, Michael A ^a,b,d   Bowser, Andrew N ^a,b,d   Cox, Mitchell W ^a,d   Jones, W Tracey ^a,b,d   Rasmussen, Todd E ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD   (Iraq)

^b WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DAVID GRANT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY BYPASS; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FASCIOTOMY; FEMORAL ARTERY; FEMORAL VEIN; FEMOROPOPLITEAL INJURY; FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NERVE INJURY; POPLITEAL ARTERY; POPLITEAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; WAR;

AMPUTATION; BLOOD VESSELS; FEMORAL ARTERY; FEMORAL VEIN; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; IRAQ; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; LIGATION; LIMB SALVAGE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; POPLITEAL ARTERY; POPLITEAL VEIN; REGISTRIES; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VEINS; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 44549088701     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.01.052     Document Type: Article

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