Response to Dr. Ratnayake regarding "Hard Signs Gone Soft"

Comment

David S Kauvar et al. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2021.

. 2021 Jun 1;90(6):e174-e175.

doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000003142.

No abstract available

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Hard signs gone soft: A critical evaluation of presenting signs of extremity vascular injury.
Romagnoli AN, DuBose J, Dua A, Betzold R, Bee T, Fabian T, Morrison J, Skarupa D, Podbielski J, Inaba K, Feliciano D, Kauvar D; AAST PROOVIT Study Group. Romagnoli AN, et al. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2021 Jan 1;90(1):1-10. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000002958. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2021. PMID: 33017355
In depth research in "critical" limb ischemia.
Ratnayake A. Ratnayake A. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2021 Jun 1;90(6):e174. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000003141. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2021. PMID: 34016935 No abstract available.

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