Results of missile brain injury management in children. Experience during the war-conditions;Therapeutische Ergebnisse bei penetrierenden kraniozerebralen Verletzungen von Kindern. Unsere Erfahrungen unter Kriegsverhaltnissen

Unfallchirurg

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-16

  Vrankovic Dj ^a   Kristek, B ^a   Mursic B ^a   Takac I ^a  

^a Klinik in Osijek   (Germany)

Author keywords

brain; children; thermal effect; war missile injuries

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOTOMY; CROATIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAR; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 0031016966     PISSN: 01775537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001130050089     Document Type: Article

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