Annals of Vascular Surgery
Volume 20, Issue 4 , Pages 429-434 , July 2006

Upper Extremity Vascular Injury: A Current In-Theater Wartime Report from Operation Iraqi Freedom

  • W. Darrin Clouse, MD (Lt. Col.)

      Affiliations

    • 332nd Expeditionary Medical Group (EMDG)/Air Force Theater Hospital, Balad Air Base, Iraq
    • Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, TX, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Lt. Col. W. Darrin Clouse, MD, Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center, 2200 Bergquist Drive, Suite 1, Lackland AFB, TX, 78236-5200, USA
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  • Todd E. Rasmussen, MD (Lt. Col.)

      Affiliations

    • 332nd Expeditionary Medical Group (EMDG)/Air Force Theater Hospital, Balad Air Base, Iraq
    • Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, TX, USA
    • Norman M. Rich Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA
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  • Jon Perlstein, MD (Lt. Col.)

      Affiliations

    • Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, TX, USA
    • Norman M. Rich Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA
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  • Michael J. Sutherland, MD (Maj.)

      Affiliations

    • Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, TX, USA
    • Norman M. Rich Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA
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  • Michael A. Peck, MD (Maj.)

      Affiliations

    • 332nd Expeditionary Medical Group (EMDG)/Air Force Theater Hospital, Balad Air Base, Iraq
    • Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, TX, USA
    • Norman M. Rich Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA
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  • Jonathan L. Eliason, MD (Maj.)

      Affiliations

    • 332nd Expeditionary Medical Group (EMDG)/Air Force Theater Hospital, Balad Air Base, Iraq
    • Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, TX, USA
    • Norman M. Rich Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA
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  • Slobadon Jazerevic, MD (Col.)

      Affiliations

    • Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, TX, USA
    • Norman M. Rich Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA
    • ,
  • Donald H. Jenkins, MD (Col.)

      Affiliations

    • 332nd Expeditionary Medical Group (EMDG)/Air Force Theater Hospital, Balad Air Base, Iraq
    • Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, TX, USA
    • Norman M. Rich Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA

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 Presented at the Sixteenth Annual Winter Meeting of the Peripheral Vascular Surgery Society, Park City, UT, January 27–29, 2006.The views expressed in this report are those of the authors and do not reflect the official policy of the Department of Defense or other departments of the U.S. government.

PII: S0890-5096(06)61457-X

doi: 10.1007/s10016-006-9090-3

Annals of Vascular Surgery
Volume 20, Issue 4 , Pages 429-434 , July 2006

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