The management of retained bullets in the limbs

Injury

Volumn 28, Issue SUPPL.3, 1997, Pages 23-28

  Rhee, John M ^a   Martin, Robert ^b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bullets; Gunshot wounds; Lead arthropathy; Lead poisoning; Management; Retained

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTHROSCOPY; BULLET; CHELATION; CONTAMINATION; DEBRIDEMENT; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; JOINT INJURY; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; LIMB INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0031458783     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0020-1383(97)90090-5     Document Type: Review

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