Gunshot wounds to the face - Acute management

Facial Plastic Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 191-198

  McLean, J Nicolas ^a   Moore, Charles E ^a,c   Yellin, Seth A ^a,b,d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Division of Facial Plastic Surgery   (United States)

^c GRADY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway; Facial injuries; Facial nerve; GSW; Gunshot wound; Ocular injuries; Parotid injuries; Vascular injuries

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; ALGORITHM; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLEEDING; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BONE INJURY; BRAIN INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EYE INJURY; FACE INJURY; FACIAL NERVE INJURY; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LETHALITY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PAROTID GLAND DISEASE; PAROTID GLAND INJURY; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; VICTIM;

FACE; FACIAL BONES; FACIAL INJURIES; FACIAL NERVE INJURIES; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 28844452466     PISSN: 07366825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-922859     Document Type: Review

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