Ultrasound guided removal of an air gun pellet from the temporal fossa: A technical note

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 304-306

  Makdissi, Jimmy ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foreign bodies; Surgical removal; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FOREIGN BODY; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TEMPORAL BONE; TREATMENT FAILURE; ULTRASOUND; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 2342623941     PISSN: 09015027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ijom.2002.0482     Document Type: Article

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