Management of Upper Extremity Arterial Injuries at an Urban Level I Trauma Center

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 8-16

  Franz, Randall W ^a   Goodwin, Robert B ^b   Hartman, Jodi F ^c   Wright, Michelle L ^c  

^a GRANT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Doctors Hospital   (United States)

^c Orthopaedic Research and Reporting Ltd   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARM INJURY; ARTERY INJURY; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LACERATION; LENGTH OF STAY; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MORTALITY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RADIAL NERVE; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NERVE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; LIGATION; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149195410     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2008.04.012     Document Type: Article

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