GWOT Vascular Injury Study 2 Supplemental Project: Impact of Prophylactic Fasciotomy

Abstract

The majority of battlefield injures involve the extremities and encompasses either isolated or a combination of vascular injury, penetrating trauma, crush, blunt trauma, burns, and fractures. Each of these injuries places the wounded Service members at risk for developing acute extremity compartment syndrome (ACS). Under far forward surgical conditions the policy is to manage these at-risk patients with prophylactic fasciotomies. The objective of this study is to determine the impact of the widespread use of fasciotomies on a mortality, delayed amputation, fasciotomy related morbidities, and fasciotomy wound management.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2017
Accession Number
AD1043142

Entities

People

  • Thomas Walters

Organizations

  • Geneva Foundation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amputation
  • Combat Casualty Care
  • Combat Injuries
  • Data Analysis
  • Demography
  • Department Of Defense
  • Health Services
  • Hospitals
  • Institutional Review Board
  • Lower Extremity
  • Medical Personnel
  • Morbidity
  • Surgery
  • Surgical Amputations
  • Vascular Diseases
  • Vascular System Injuries

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

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