Nerve injuries sustained during warfare: Part I - Epidemiology

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 94 B, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 523-528

  Birch, R ^a   Eardley, W G P ^a,c   Ramasamy, A ^a,c   Brown, K ^a,c   Shenoy, R ^a,d   Anand, P ^a,d   Clasper, J ^a,c   Dunn, R ^a,e   Etherington, J ^a   Misra, P ^a,d   Stewart, M P M ^a,b  

^a Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e SALISBURY DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; AMPUTATION; ARM; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; EXPLOSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; IRAQ; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIAL NERVE; ULNAR NERVE; WAR; WOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; ENGLAND; EXPLOSIONS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NEURALGIA; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860347155     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.94B4.28483     Document Type: Article

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