The epidemiology of vascular injury in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 253, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1184-1189

  White, Joseph M ^a   Stannard, Adam ^a,b   Burkhardt, Gabriel E ^a   Eastridge, Brian J ^a   Blackbourne, Lorne H ^a   Rasmussen, Todd E ^a,c  

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

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; HUMAN; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION;

AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; AFGHANISTAN; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; BLOOD VESSELS; HUMANS; IRAQ; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; LIGATION; MILITARY MEDICINE; REGISTRIES; VASCULAR SYSTEM INJURIES; WAR;

EID: 79957529690     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31820752e3     Document Type: Article

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