An unusual case of a compound depressed skull fracture after an assault with a stiletto heel

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 303-304

  Stables, G ^a   Quigley, Gavin ^a   Basu, S ^a   Pillay, R ^a  

^a WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; FLUCLOXACILLIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; CRANIECTOMY; DYSPHASIA; EMERGENCY WARD; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOE; SKULL FRACTURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADULT; APHASIA; BRAIN ABSCESS; EMERGENCIES; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; MALE; SHOES; SKULL FRACTURE, DEPRESSED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 17144419281     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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