Military Extremity Trauma Amputation/Limb Salvage (METALS) Study: Long-Term Follow-Up

Abstract

The Military Extremity Trauma and Amputation/Limb Salvage (METALS I) Study examined differences in outcomes among individuals with major limb trauma undergoing amputation or limb salvage deployed to Afghanistan or Iraq between 2003-2007 who sustained major limb trauma to the upper and/or lower limbs resulting in amputation or limb salvage. Results from interviews and medical record abstraction (n=429) showed that major limb trauma leads to significant physical and psychosocial disability, and that outcomes among those who underwent limb salvage were significantly worse than those who underwent amputation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2022
Accession Number
AD1218472

Entities

People

  • Ellen J. MacKenzie
  • Jessica C. Rivera
  • Maryjo Pugh

Organizations

  • Johns Hopkins University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amputees
  • Brain Injuries
  • Combat Injuries
  • Data Analysis
  • Depression
  • Disability Administration
  • Health Services
  • Healthcare Utilization
  • Lower Limb Amputations
  • Lower Limb Amputees
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Medicine
  • Pain
  • Surgical Amputations
  • Traumatic Stress Disorder
  • Wounds And Injuries

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Trauma Surgery or Emergency Medicine.