Gunshot wounds below the Popliteal fossa: A contemporary review

American Surgeon

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 360-365

  Grossman, Michael D ^a   Reilly, Patrick ^b   McMahan, Damian ^a   Kauder, Donald ^a   Schwab, C W ^b  

^a ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; KNEE INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PERONEUS NERVE PARALYSIS; POPLITEAL ARTERY; TIBIA FRACTURE;

EID: 0032943461     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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