Medical Issues in the Care of the Combat Amputee

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  • BRANDON J. GOFF
  • LUIS J. MARTINEZ
  • ROBERT N. WOOD-MORRIS
  • RICHARD F. TROTTA
  • Roger Brooke
چکیده

BRANDON J. GOFF, DO*; THANE D. McCANN, MD†; RUPAL M. MODY, MD‡; JOSHUA D. HARTZELL, MD; PAIGE E. WATERMAN, MD; LUIS J. MARTINEZ, MD¶; ROBERT N. WOOD-MORRIS, MD**; CHARLOTTE CARNEIRO, RN, MS, COHN-S, CIC††; RICHARD F. TROTTA, MD‡‡; JULIE A. AKE, MD, MSC; AENEAS JANZE, MD; ALLISON FRANKLIN, DO¶¶; SHANE McNAMEE, MD***; GARTH T. GREENWELL, DO†††; VINCENT T. CODISPOTI, MD‡‡‡; KEVIN F. FITZPATRICK, MD; MICHAEL DEMARCO, DO; and PAUL F. PASQUINA, MD¶¶¶

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تاریخ انتشار 2010