Vascular surgery after firearm injury associated with increased morbidity and mortality

(Boston University School of Medicine) Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) found that among all hospitalizations that were due to firearm injury, patients who underwent surgical repair of their major blood vessels had the highest injury severity score (predictor of in-hospital death).

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