FASS is a better predictor of poor outcome in lower limb blast injury than AIS: Implications for blast research

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 49-55

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

blast injury; improvised explosive devices; injury criteria; lower limb injury

Indexed keywords

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCORE; AMPUTATION; ARMY; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; BLAST INJURY; FOLLOW UP; FOOT AND ANKLE SEVERITY SCORE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LEG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BLAST INJURIES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LEG INJURIES; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84872083484     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: 15312291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e3182519664     Document Type: Article

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