Manthey David E, Nicks Bret A
Department of Emergency Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA.
J Emerg Med. 2008 Feb;34(2):187-93. doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2007.03.038. Epub 2007 Aug 29.
Penetrating trauma to the extremities is a complex disease that foremost requires the evaluation for vascular injury. This monograph will address an algorithm to assess for associated vascular injury that includes current evaluation techniques. Approaches to wound management and use of antibiotics in the ED are also addressed.