Injury caused by deeply penetrating knife blade lodged in infratemporal fossa

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 51-54

  Cosan, T E ^a   Arslantas, A ^a   Guner, A I ^a   Vural, M ^a   Kaya, T ^a   Tel, E ^a  

^a Medical Faculty of Osmangazi University   (United States)

Author keywords

Keywords; Knife blade injury; Penetrating head injury; Therapeutic modalities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; FOREIGN BODY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY; STAB WOUND; TEMPORAL ARTERY; TEMPORAL BONE; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT;

ADULT; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FORAMEN MAGNUM; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; MALE; TEMPORAL ARTERIES; TEMPORAL BONE; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 0035289402     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00063110-200103000-00010     Document Type: Article

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