Low-velocity civilian gunshot wounds of the spine

Orthopedics

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 967-972

  Isiklar, Z U ^a   Lindsey, R W ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; REVIEW; SPINE INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL INJURIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; WOUND INFECTION; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 0030728495     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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