Complications from the Gardner-Wells tongs

Injury

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 512-513

  Choo, J H N ^a   Liu, W Y ^a   Kumar, V P ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETON TRACTION; SKULL SURGERY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0030250686     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0020-1383(96)00058-7     Document Type: Article

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