"local trauma" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use the phrase to refer to physical, emotional, or psychological trauma that has occurred in a specific area, such as a town or region. For example, "The local trauma caused by the tornado was compounded by the subsequent loss of jobs in the area."
Based on item analysis, the trauma symptoms on the locally validated HTQ, along with several additional local trauma symptoms (e.g., feeling that one is being watched), were used to create a trauma scale for determining eligibility for the study.
The predilection of localization to the pretibial area may result because of local trauma with additional mechanical (gravitational forces) or anatomic (site-specific differences in fibroblasts) factors.
Spinal cord damage in myelomeningocele (MMC) results from abnormal cord development and subsequent local trauma.
Although a local trauma center would not have saved Rashad's life, Pratt knew that it could save many others.
Dr. John France, a local trauma injury and spinal cord surgeon who is Charles's father, does not usually leave the hospital until much later in the night.
Ms. Rush said her son had been talking about starting a campaign to reopen the local trauma center long before he died.
The causal mechanism of acute pancreatitis is uncertain but might potentially involve local trauma to the pancreas during a procedure or release of as yet undefined inflammatory mediators.
Main Outcome Measures: Peroneal nerve injuries diagnosed by electrodiagnostic examination, age, gender, and etiology of the nerve injury (local trauma, n=16; other, n=36).
Femoral catheters pose a potential barrier to early rehabilitation in the intensive care unit (ICU) due to concerns, such as catheter removal, local trauma, bleeding, and infection.
Conclusion: Injuries to the peroneal nerve due to trauma were mostly axonal in nature and the younger age group appeared to sustain local trauma as etiology.
However, there was a difference in age, with younger subjects having a higher proportion of local trauma as etiology of nerve injury (F82=3.52, P=.034).
