Management of close-range, high-energy shotgun and rifle wounds to the face

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 794-804

  Vayvada, Haluk ^a,b   Menderes, Adnan ^a,b   Yilmaz, Mustafa ^a,b   Mola, Fahri ^a,b   Kizilkaya, Ali ^a,b   Atabey, Atay ^a,b  

^a Faculty of Medicine ^*

^b DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Close range; Face; High energy shotgun wounds

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONALITY; EVALUATION; FACE DEFORMITY; FACE INJURY; FACE SURGERY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CICATRIX; DEBRIDEMENT; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; ESTHETICS; FACIAL BONES; FACIAL INJURIES; FEMALE; FIREARMS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LACERATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TIME FACTORS; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 26444529907     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.scs.0000180014.06352.65     Document Type: Article

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