Penetrating injuries of the neck: Selective management evolving

American Surgeon

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 189-194

  Klyachkin, Michael L ^a   Rohmiller, Michael ^a   Charash, William E ^a   Sloan, David A ^a   Kearney, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY INJURY; ARTERY SURGERY; ARTICLE; BARIUM MEAL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NECK INJURY; PENETRATING TRAUMA;

ALGORITHMS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; MORBIDITY; NECK INJURIES; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 0031025164     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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