Management of small fragment wounds in modern warfare: A return to Hunterian principles?

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 175-182

  Bowyer, G W ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

GUNSHOT INJURY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MILITARY MEDICINE; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE; WOUND INFECTION;

AFGHANISTAN; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SWINE; WAR; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 0030917463     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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