Management of shotgun wounds: Do we need classification systems?

International Surgery

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 99-104

  Velmahos, George C ^a,b   Safaoui, Marian ^a   Demetriades, Demetrios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency operation; Injury; Shotgun; Trauma; Wound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 0033109609     PISSN: 00208868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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