Characterisation and outcomes of upper extremity amputations

Injury

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 965-969

  Tennent, David J ^a   Wenke, Joseph C ^b   Rivera, Jessica C ^b   Krueger, Chad A ^a  

^a SAN ANTONIO MILITARY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Disability; Military; Return to duty; Upper extremity amputation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LEG AMPUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY SERVICE; MORBIDITY; NERVE FUNCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORK RESUMPTION; AMPUTATION; ARM; DISABLED PERSON; INJURIES; PSYCHOLOGY; RETIREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLDIER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; WAR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; AMPUTATION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETIREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; UNITED STATES; UPPER EXTREMITY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84898789094     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2014.02.009     Document Type: Article

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