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Chapter 20 - Lower Extremity Trauma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 August 2019

By
Ryan LaFollette  and
Jeffery Hill
Edited by
Alex Koyfman  and
Brit Long
Alex Koyfman
Affiliation:
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Brit Long
Affiliation:
San Antonio Military Medical Center
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Summary

Usually results from high-energy mechanisms (i.e. high speed MVC), but low-energy mechanisms (falls) are possible in elderly patients as well.1

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The Emergency Medicine Trauma Handbook , pp. 289 - 306
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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