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  1. Vascular Surgery Unit, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, UK

    Paul H. B. Blair MD, FRCS

  2. Department of Vascular Surgery, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, UK

    Adrian K. Neill MRCS

  3. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, UK

    Christopher T. Andrews MB ChB, FRCS

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Section of Vascular Medicine, Royal Society of Medicine, London, UK

    George Geroulakos MD, FRCS, DIC, PhD (President and Consultant Vascular Surgeon and Senior Lecturer) (President and Consultant Vascular Surgeon and Senior Lecturer)

  2. Department of Surgery, Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK

    George Geroulakos MD, FRCS, DIC, PhD (President and Consultant Vascular Surgeon and Senior Lecturer) (President and Consultant Vascular Surgeon and Senior Lecturer)

  3. Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    Hero van Urk MD, PhD, FRCS (Professor of Vascular Surgery) (Professor of Vascular Surgery)

  4. Division of Vascular Surgery, UMDNJ-NJMS (University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey — New Jersey Medical School), Newark, New Jersey, USA

    Robert W. Hobson II MD (Professor of Surgery and Physiology, Director) (Professor of Surgery and Physiology, Director)

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Blair, P.H.B., Neill, A.K., Andrews, C.T. (2006). Blast Injury to the Lower Limb. In: Geroulakos, G., van Urk, H., Hobson, R.W. (eds) Vascular Surgery. Springer, London . https://doi.org/10.1007/1-84628-211-X_13

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