An unusual case of impalement of the cranium in a child

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1290-1293

  Doughty, Kyle ^a   Tubbs, R Shane ^a,b   Wellons III, John C ^a   Blount, Jeffrey P ^a   Grabb, Paul A ^a   Oakes, W Jerry ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Pediatric Neurosurgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 22544437579     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000082494.34381.D9     Document Type: Article

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