The high incidence and debilitating effects of lymphedema must be weighed against the benefits of PMRT. Efforts to prevent lymphedema should be emphasized.

Based on our descriptive findings, we proposed some suggestions that seem to be necessary for improvement of trauma care in our centers. Among them were improved measures for prehospital service, and emergency department and other health care units of our centers. The findings of this study suggest that conducting trauma surgery training programs and direct transportation to trauma centers can improve the outcome of trauma patients. We conclude that small sample size, mixing penetrating trauma cases with blunt trauma cases, and differences in the mechanism of trauma between study populations may be responsible for the difference between our results and others.

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