Early fasciotomy in patients with extremity vascular injury is associated with decreased risk of adverse limb outcomes: A review of the National Trauma Data Bank

Injury

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1486-1491

  Farber, Alik ^a   Tan, Tze Woei ^a   Hamburg, Naomi M ^a   Kalish, Jeffrey A ^a   Joglar, Fernando ^a   Onigman, Timna ^a   Rybin, Denis ^b   Doros, Gheorghe ^b   Eberhardt, Robert T ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial trauma; Compartment syndrome; Early fasciotomy; Extremity vascular trauma; Fascitomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BURN; CRUSH TRAUMA; DEATH; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FASCIOTOMY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG VASCULAR INJURY; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINE INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGERY;

EID: 84864288022     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2011.06.006     Document Type: Article

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