Air-gun pellet injuries to the head and neck

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 331-338

  Amirjamshidi, Abbass ^a   Abbassioun, Kazem ^b   Roosbeh, Hadi ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Air gun pellet; brain abscess; brain injury; missile; traumatic aneurysm

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEAD AND NECK INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MENINGITIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; HUMANS; MALE; NECK; NECK INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 0030992574     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(96)00357-6     Document Type: Article

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