title: Life and limb.
abstract: Clinical nurse specialist Philippa Bridgeman supports patients through the lengthy treatment required to save a limb following a complex fracture. Up to 20 per cent of her patients at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham are injured soldiers.
authors.forename: Alison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Handley
mesh_terms: D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D005121:Extremities / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D013041:Specialties, Nursing; D006113:United Kingdom