The modern "deck-slap" injury-calcaneal blast fractures from vehicle explosions

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1694-1698

  Ramasamy, Arul ^a,b   Hill, Adam M ^a,b   Phillip, Rhodri ^c   Gibb, Iain ^d   Bull, Anthony M J ^a   Clasper, Jon C ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre   (United Kingdom)

^d Centre for Defence Imaging   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amputation; Blast injury; Calcaneal fractures; Improvised explosive devices

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BLAST INJURY; BODY REGIONS; CALCANEUS FRACTURE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EXPLOSION; FOLLOW UP; FOOT AMPUTATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LEG; LIMB AMPUTATION; MALE; MILITARY SERVICE; MOTOR VEHICLE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPINE INJURY; UNITED KINGDOM; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; AMPUTATION; BLAST INJURIES; CALCANEUS; COHORT STUDIES; EXPLOSIONS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, BONE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRAQ; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MOTOR VEHICLES; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84355162235     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318227a999     Document Type: Review

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