Amputations of limbs during the 2005 earthquake in Pakistan: A firsthand experience of the author

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2323-2326

  Awais, Syed Muhammad ^a   Dar, Usman Zafar ^a   Saeed, Ayesha ^a  

^a KING EDWARD MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARM AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EARTHQUAKE; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; LIMB AMPUTATION; LIMB PROSTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAKISTAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CENTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; DISASTER; DISASTER MEDICINE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; LIMB; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SURGERY; TRAUMATIC AMPUTATION;

AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; DISASTER MEDICINE; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAKISTAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84876579794     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: 14325195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-012-1589-3     Document Type: Article

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