Comparison of development of heterotopic ossification in injured us and UK Armed Services personnel with combat-related amputations: Preliminary findings and hypotheses regarding causality

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 69, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Brown, Kate V ^a   Dharm Datta, Shresth ^b   Potter, B Kyle ^c,d   Etherington, John ^b   Mistlin, Alan ^b   Hsu, Joseph R ^e   Clasper, Jon C ^f  

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

^b Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

^e BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f Academic Department of Military Surgery and Trauma   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amputation level; Blast; Heterotopic ossification; Patient exposure; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPUTATION; ARMY; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; BURN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; FOLLOW UP; HEAD INJURY; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MILITARY SERVICE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SKIN FLAP; SKIN GRAFT; SOLDIER; UNITED KINGDOM; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND IRRIGATION; ADOLESCENT; AMPUTATION STUMP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; DISABLED PERSON; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; TRAUMATIC AMPUTATION; UNITED STATES; WAR; YOUNG ADULT; NOTE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPUTATION; AMPUTATION STUMPS; AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; AMPUTEES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954780025     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181e44cc7     Document Type: Article

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