Outcome after vascular trauma in a deployed military trauma system

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 228-234

  Stannard, A ^a   Brown, K ^a   Benson, C ^a   Clasper, J ^a   Midwinter, M ^a   Tai, N R ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLDIER; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; WAR;

BLAST INJURIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VASCULAR SYSTEM INJURIES; WAR;

EID: 78650618462     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.7359     Document Type: Article

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