Open AccessUtilizing Precision Medicine to Estimate Timing for Surgical Closure of Traumatic Extremity Wounds
Author(s) -
Felipe A. Lisboa,
Christopher J. Dente,
Seth Schobel,
Vivek Khatri,
Benjamin K. Potter,
Allan D. Kirk,
Eric A. Elster
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/sla.0000000000003470
Subject(s) - medicine , debridement (dental) , closure (psychology) , wound closure , surgery , injury severity score , intensive care medicine , emergency medicine , wound healing , poison control , injury prevention , market economy , economics
Both the frequency and high complication rates associated with extremity wounds in recent military conflicts have highlighted the need for clinical decision support tools (CDST) to decrease time to wound closure and wound failure rates.