Do battlefield injury-acquired indwelling metal fragments induce metal immunogenicity? - Samelko L, Petfield J, McAllister K, Hsu J, Hawkinson M, Jacobs JJ, Hallab NJ.

BACKGROUND: A battlefield-related injury results in increased local and systemic innate immune inflammatory responses, resulting in wound-specific complications and an increased incidence of osteoarthritis. However, little is known about whether severe inj...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news