Immediate and long-term management of gunshot wounds to the lower face

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1988, Pages 433-439

  Williams, Carl N ^a   Cohen, Mimis ^a   Schultz, Richard C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; FACE INJURY; FACE SURGERY; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGERY; TONGUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; MALE; MANDIBULAR FRACTURES; MIDDLE AGE; MOUTH; SURGICAL FLAPS; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 0023790024     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-198809000-00009     Document Type: Article

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