Multiple blast extremity injuries: is definitive treatment achievable in a field hospital for local casualties?

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2565-2569

  Mathieu, Laurent ^a   Saint Macary, Erwan ^a   Frank, Martin ^b   Bertani, Antoine ^a   Rongiéras, Frédéric ^a,e   Balandraud, Paul ^c,e   Rigal, Sylvain ^d,e  

^a HIA Desgenettes   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HRADEC KRALOVE   (Czech Republic)

^c LAVERAN MILITARY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (France)

^d PERCY MILITARY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e French Military Medical Academy   (France)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; Blast injury; Extremity trauma; Reconstruction; War surgery

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; AFGHAN; ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIELD HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LIMB AMPUTATION; LIMB INJURY; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OPERATION DURATION; ADOLESCENT; AGED; AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; BLAST INJURIES; DEBRIDEMENT; INJURIES; LIMB; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; AGED; AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; BLAST INJURIES; DEBRIDEMENT; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE HEALTH UNITS; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84911977468     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: 14325195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-014-2532-6     Document Type: Article

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