Delayed reaction to shrapnel retained in soft tissue

Injury

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 275-281

  Eylon, S ^a   Mosheiff, R ^a   Liebergall, M ^a   Wolf, E ^b   Brocke, L ^a   Peyser, A ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Israel Police   (Israel)

Author keywords

Late onset complications; Penetrating injury; Shrapnel

Indexed keywords

METAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; GUNSHOT INJURY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIMB; MALE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

ADULT; AGED; FOREIGN BODIES; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; HUMANS; MALE; METALS; MIDDLE AGED; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; THIGH; TIME FACTORS; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 12344255876     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2004.09.005     Document Type: Article

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