Lower extremity reconstruction for limb salvage and functional restoration - The Combat experience.

Evolution in extremity injury treatment often occurs during major conflicts, with lessons learned applied and translated among military and civilian settings. In recent periods of war, improvements in protective equipment, in-theater damage control resuscitation/surgery, delivery of antibiotics locally/systemically, and rapid evacuation to higher levels of medical care capabilities have greatly improved combat casualty survivability rates. Additionally, widespread application of lower extremity tourniquets also has prevented casualties from exsanguination, thus reducing hemorrhagic-related deaths. Secondary to these, a high number of combat casualties suffering lower extremity traumatic injuries have presented for functional limb reconstruction and restoration as well as residual limb care.

• Publication year

  2021

• Venue

  Clinics in Plastic Surgery

• Publication date

  2021-04-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1016/j.cps.2021.01.005PMID 33674056
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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