Gunshot wounds of the forearm

Injury

Volumn 28, Issue SUPPL.3, 1997, Pages 18-22

  Foglar, Christian ^a   Ibarra, Michael ^a   Miclau, Theodore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Forearm; Fractures; Gunshot wounds; High velocity; Low velocity

Indexed keywords

CEFAPIRIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN;

ARM INJURY; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; FOREARM; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0031470154     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0020-1383(97)90089-9     Document Type: Review

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