Interaction of penetrating missiles with tissues: Some common misapprehensions and implications for wound management

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1990, Pages 606-610

  Cooper, G J ^a   Ryan, J M ^a  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ballistics; debridement; penetrating; Wound; wound infection

Indexed keywords

DEBRIDEMENT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MISSILE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WOUND INFECTION;

ANTIBIOTICS; BIOPHYSICS; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; WAR; WOUND INFECTION; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 0025295077     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800770604     Document Type: Review

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