Are evidence-based protocols which identify vascular injury associated with knee dislocation underutilized?

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1005-1012

  Nicandri, Gregg T ^a   Dunbar, Robert P ^b   Wahl, Christopher J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Knee dislocation; Multi ligament knee injury; Sports medicine; Vascular injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; KNEE DISLOCATION; LIGAMENT; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPLITEAL ARTERY; PULSE RATE; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE DISLOCATION; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPLITEAL ARTERY; PULSE; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 77954759698     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-009-0918-6     Document Type: Article

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