Early management of pediatric vascular injuries through humanitarian surgical care during U.S. military operations

Background The objective of this report is to describe our experience of pediatric vascular injuries in a U.S. military combat support hospital in Baghdad, Iraq. A retrospective study was designed using Joint Theater Trauma Registry (JTTR) records in order to evaluate the pediatric (age 

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Published in:Journal of vascular surgery 2013-09, Vol.58 (3), p.695-700
Main Authors: Dua, Anahita, MD, Via, Katherine C., PA-C, MPH, Kreishman, Peter, MAJ, Kragh, John F., COL (ret), Spinella, Philip C., MD, FCCM, Patel, Bhavin, BS, Gillespie, David L., COL (ret), Mahoney, Peter, COL, Fox, Charles J., LTC (P)
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Age Factors
Altruism
Amputation
Blast Injuries - diagnosis
Blast Injuries - mortality
Blast Injuries - surgery
Blood Transfusion
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Hospitals, Military
Humans
Iraq
Iraq War, 2003-2011
Limb Salvage
Male
Registries
Reoperation
Retrospective Studies
Surgery
Time Factors
Treatment Outcome
United States
Vascular Surgical Procedures - adverse effects
Vascular Surgical Procedures - mortality
Vascular System Injuries - diagnosis
Vascular System Injuries - mortality
Vascular System Injuries - surgery
Wounds, Gunshot - diagnosis
Wounds, Gunshot - mortality
Wounds, Gunshot - surgery
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Summary:Background The objective of this report is to describe our experience of pediatric vascular injuries in a U.S. military combat support hospital in Baghdad, Iraq. A retrospective study was designed using Joint Theater Trauma Registry (JTTR) records in order to evaluate the pediatric (age 
ISSN:0741-5214
1097-6809
DOI:10.1016/j.jvs.2013.02.034