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- Title
A Surgeon's Guide to Obtaining Hemorrhage Control in Combat-Related Dismounted Lower Extremity Blast Injuries.
- Authors
Radowsky, Jason S.; Rodriguez, Carlos J.; Wind, Gary G.; Elster, Eric A.
- Abstract
The application of lessons learned on the battlefield for timely surgical control of lower extremity hemorrhage secondary to blast injuries to the civilian practice for similar wounding patterns from industrial accidents or terrorist activities is imperative. Although simple cut-down procedures are commonly sufficient for the control of blood vessels for distal extremity traumatic amputations, high-thigh or disarticulation wounding patterns often require more complex surgical methods. The following details both the decision-making process and operative techniques for controlling hemorrhage from lower extremity blast injuries.
- Subjects
HEMORRHAGE treatment; BLAST injury treatment; COMBAT; TRAUMATIC amputation; DECISION making; LEG surgery; LEG injuries; EDUCATION of surgeons; CARDIOVASCULAR surgery; EXTERNAL fixators; FEMORAL artery; HEMORRHAGE; MILITARY medicine; TOURNIQUETS; BLAST injuries; SURGERY
- Publication
Military Medicine, 2016, Vol 181, Issue 10, p1300
- ISSN
0026-4075
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.7205/MILMED-D-15-00324