Retained glass foreign bodies in wounds: Predictive value of wound characteristics, patient perception, and wound exploration

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 627-630

  Steele, Mark T ^a   Tran, Luan V ^a   Watson, William A ^b   Muelleman, Robert L ^a  

^a TRUMAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Foreign bodies; Glass; Penetrating wounds

Indexed keywords

GLASS;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMERGENCY WARD; FOREIGN BODY; MOTOR VEHICLE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TISSUE INJURY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0031785584     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-6757(98)90161-9     Document Type: Article

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