Primary Management of Maxillofacial Hard and Soft Tissue Gunshot and Shrapnel Injuries

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1390-1398

  Motamedi, Mohammad Hosein Kalantar ^a,b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b Africa Expressway   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL INJURY; MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MISSILE WOUND; MORTALITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN FLAP; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; TISSUE INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0345283234     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2003.07.001     Document Type: Article

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