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