STAGED PROCEDURES FOR EXSANGUINATING LOWER-EXTREMITY TRAUMA - AN EXTENSION OF A TECHNIQUE - CASE-REPORT

Authors
SCALEA TM MANN R AUSTIN R HIRSCHOWITZ M
Citation
Tm. Scalea et al., STAGED PROCEDURES FOR EXSANGUINATING LOWER-EXTREMITY TRAUMA - AN EXTENSION OF A TECHNIQUE - CASE-REPORT, The journal of trauma, injury, infection, and critical care, 36(2), 1994, pp. 291-293
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Emergency Medicine & Critical Care
Journal title
The journal of trauma, injury, infection, and critical care → ACNP
Volume
36
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
291 - 293
Database
ISI
SICI code
Abstract
Packing and temporary closure have been used in various clinical scena rios to control nonsurgical bleeders in the abdomen. We present a case where we have extended that technique and successfully utilized it in a patient with an exsanguinating lower extremity vascular injury.