Ten years of war: A characterization of craniomaxillofacial injuries incurred during operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

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

  Chan, Rodney K ^a   Siller Jackson, Arlene ^a   Verrett, Adam J ^b   Wu, Jesse ^a   Hale, Robert G ^a  

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

^b WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ballistic trauma; blast injury; Craniomaxillofacial injury; explosive devices

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVE;

ADULT; AIR FORCE; ARMY; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; BLAST INJURY; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; CRANIOMAXILLOFACIAL INJURY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; DISEASE REGISTRY; FACE BURN; FACIAL NERVE INJURY; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; ICD-9; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAVY; OPEN FRACTURE; OPTIC NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SAILOR; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; VEIN INJURY; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE INJURY; WAR;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; BLAST INJURIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FACIAL INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; IRAQ WAR, 2003 - 2011; MALE; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; MAXILLA; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKULL FRACTURES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871215832     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3182754868     Document Type: Article

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