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Degloving injury from a helicopter rotor strike
1Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University and Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, HI 96858, USA.
Military Medicine
|December 1, 1995
Abstract:
The incidence of helicopter accidents has decreased, but lethality remains considerable. Rotor strikes are deadlier than crash-related injuries. We describe a degloving injury caused by a helicopter tail rotor strike managed with rapid resuscitation and early split-thickness skin grafting.