Bomb blast: imaging findings, treatment and clinical course of extremity traumas.
Mehmet TahtabasiSadettin ErRecep KarasuErhan Renan UçaroğluPublished in: BMC emergency medicine (2021)
The presence of severe open fractures, VI, and high ISS score can be considered as important factors that increase morbidity and mortality. In extremity traumas, through the secondary blast mechanism, contaminated-fragmented tissue injuries occur. Therefore, we believe that it will be beneficial to apply damage control surgery in places with low socioeconomic level and poor hygienic conditions.