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Bastion classification of lower limb blast injuries

Classification
Injury confined to foot
Injury involving lower leg permitting effective below-knee tourniquet application
Injury involving proximal lower leg or thigh, permitting effective above-knee tourniquet application
Proximal thigh injury, preventing effective tourniquet application
Any injury with buttock involvement
Associated segmental injury (presence of potentially viable tissue distal to the most proximal injury)
No
Yes
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Reference
N Jacobs, K Rourke, J Rutherford et al. Lower limb injuries caused by improvised explosive devices: proposed 'Bastion classification' and prospective validation. Injury. 2014 Sep;45(9):1422-8.
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