Popliteal artery repair in massively transfused military trauma casualties: A pursuit to save life and limb

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 69, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Fox, Charles J ^a,b   Perkins, Jeremy G ^c   Kragh, John F ^d   Singh, Niten N ^e   Patel, Bhavin ^a   Ficke, James R ^f  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

^c WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^d US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^e MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Combat; Damage control; Massive transfusion; Military; Resuscitation; Vascular trauma; Wartime

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPUTATION; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; ARTERY INJURY; ARTERY RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT INFECTION; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; LIMB FRACTURE; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POPLITEAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TOURNIQUET; TREATMENT FAILURE; VASCULAR SURGERY; VEIN INJURY; ABDOMINAL PENETRATING TRAUMA; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; BURN; FASCIOTOMY; NOTE; PELVIS INJURY; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; BLOOD VESSEL TRANSPLANTATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LEG INJURIES; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLDIER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; WAR; WOUNDS, PENETRATING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AMPUTATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; LEG INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; POPLITEAL ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS, PENETRATING; YOUNG ADULT; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011;

HEPARIN;

EID: 77954764147     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181e44e6d     Document Type: Article

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