Penetrating head wound: A remarkable case

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 120-123

  Ardill, William ^a,b   Gidado, Sanusi ^a  

^a Evangel Hospital   (Nigeria)

^b SIM USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Injury; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; PENICILLIN G; TETANUS ANTIBODY; TETANUS TOXOID;

APHASIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONVALESCENCE; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREIGN BODY; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HEMIPARESIS; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HOSPITAL BILLING; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTENSIVE CARE; LABORATORY TEST; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROSURGERY; NIGERIA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT REFERRAL; PENETRATING TRAUMA; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0043124274     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(03)00158-7     Document Type: Article

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