Shotgun pellet embolus of the middle cerebral artery treated by emergency embolectomy

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 311-314

  Haninec, P ^a   Houstava, L ^a   Klener, J ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Embolectomy; Embolism; Middle cerebral artery; Shot gun injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; EMBOLECTOMY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CAROTID ARTERY INJURIES; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; EMBOLECTOMY; EMERGENCIES; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM AND THROMBOSIS; MALE; MANDIBULAR INJURIES; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 0029940325     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688699650040214     Document Type: Article

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