Ten years at war: Comprehensive analysis of amputation trends

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 6 SUPPL. 5, 2012, Pages

  Krueger, Chad A ^a   Wenke, Joseph C ^b   Ficke, James R ^a  

^a BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Afghanistan; Extremity amputations; Iraq; transfemoral; transtibial

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVE;

AGE; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; ARM AMPUTATION; ARMY; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; BLAST INJURY; BLUNT TRAUMA; BURN; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISABLED PERSON; FATALITY; GUNSHOT INJURY; HELICOPTER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; LEG AMPUTATION; MACHINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR SURGERY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREND STUDY; WAR;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; AMPUTATION; AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; ARM INJURIES; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRAQ WAR, 2003 - 2011; LEG INJURIES; MALE; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871186776     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318275469c     Document Type: Article

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