A Comparison of Four-Year Health Outcomes following Combat Amputation and Limb Salvage.

Little research has described the long-term health outcomes of patients who had combat-related amputations or leg-threatening injuries. We conducted retrospective analysis of Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs health data for lower extremity combat-injured patients with (1) uni...

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Main Authors: Ted Melcer, Jay Walker, Vibha Bhatnagar, Erin Richard, V Franklin Sechriest, Michael Galarneau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5266314?pdf=render