Orbital foreign bodies after penetrating gunshot wounds: Retrospective analysis of 22 cases and clinical review

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 207-211

  Gonul E ^a   Akboru M ^b   Izci, Y ^b   Timurkaynak, E ^b  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Foreign Body; Gunshot Wound; Orbit; Orbitotomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; ORBIT INJURY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0343819800     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1053401     Document Type: Article

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