Acute Treatment Patterns for Lower Extremity Trauma in the United States: Flaps versus Amputation

J Reconstr Microsurg. 2017 Oct;33(8):563-570. doi: 10.1055/s-0037-1603332. Epub 2017 May 17.

Authors

Lily R Mundy¹, Tracy Truong², Ronnie L Shammas¹, Mark J Gage³, Gina-Maria Pomann², Scott T Hollenbeck¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
² Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
³ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland.

PMID: 28514793
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1603332

No abstract available

Publication types

Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Adult
Amputation, Surgical / statistics & numerical data*
Demography
Emergency Medical Services / statistics & numerical data*
Female
Humans
Limb Salvage / statistics & numerical data*
Male
Retrospective Studies
Socioeconomic Factors
Soft Tissue Injuries / epidemiology
Soft Tissue Injuries / surgery*
Surgical Flaps
Tibial Fractures / epidemiology
Tibial Fractures / surgery*
United States / epidemiology