title: Wound complications following the use of FiberWire in lower-extremity traumatic amputations. A case series.
authors.affiliation: Orthopaedic Surgery Service, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 6900 Georgia Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20307, USA. andrew.mack@amedd.army.mil
authors.forename: Andrew W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Mack
authors.forename: Brett A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Freedman
authors.forename: Scott B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Shawen
authors.forename: Donald A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Gajewski
authors.forename: Victor F
authors.initials: VF
authors.lastname: Kalasinsky
authors.forename: Michael R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Lewin-Smith
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000672:Amputation Stumps; D000673:Amputation, Traumatic / Q000601:surgery*; D001753:Blast Injuries / Q000601:surgery; D003646:Debridement; D005269:Femur / Q000293:injuries*; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D015743:Giant Cells, Foreign-Body / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery; D013537:Sutures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation; D013977:Tibia / Q000293:injuries*
chemical_list: C014534:Ethibond; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates