Assessment of severe lower limb trauma with the aid of on-site photography

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Gouk, C
Mohanakrishnan, N
Keen, EJ
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2015
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A 44-year-old man was brought to the hospital by ambulance with a severely deformed right femur following a motorbike accident. The initial deformity was reduced on-site, but the ambulance crew provided a pre-reduction photograph (figure 1). The patient was travelling at 100 kmph when he collided with a wall. Evaluation on-site, and primary and secondary surveys, revealed that the patient was stable (as per Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) protocol) and his injured limb was neurovascularly intact.

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BMJ Case Reports

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2015

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Clinical sciences

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Gouk, C; Mohanakrishnan, N; Keen, EJ, Assessment of severe lower limb trauma with the aid of on-site photography, BMJ Case Reports, 2015

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