Venous bullet embolism. A case report

South African Journal of Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 94-97

  Lodder, J V ^a  

^a Themba Hospital   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; BULLET; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; ILIAC VEIN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PULMONARY ARTERY;

ADULT; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 0030791304     PISSN: 00382361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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