Challenges in Definitive Fracture Management of Blast Injuries

Overview

Journal Curr Rev Musculoskelet Med

Date 2015 Jun 25

PMID 26104316

Citations 3

Authors

Wade Gordon

Kevin Kuhn

Greg Staeheli

David Dromsky

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Abstract

The United States military remains engaged in the longest armed conflict in this nation's history. The majority of casualties in the global war on terror come from blast-related injuries. Multiple centers have published their experience and outcomes with these complex patients. Findings from the study of injured military personnel have implications for mass casualty events resulting from industrial accidents or terrorism in the civilian sector. This article will review the pathophysiology of blast-related injury. The authors will summarize treatment considerations, priorities, and techniques that have proven successful. Finally, the authors will discuss the incidence and management of common complications after blast-related injuries.

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