Penetrating gunshot injuries to the head and brain. Diagnosis, management and prognosis;Penetrierende schädel-hirn-verletzungen durch schusswaffen. Diagnostik, behandlungsmanagement und prognose

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Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 341-350

  Kuhne C A ^a   Zettl, R P ^a   Baume, B ^a   Vogt, F M ^a   Taeger, G ^a   Ruchholtz, S ^a   Stolke, D ^a   Nast Kolb, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gunshot injuries to the head; Mortality; Prognosis; Standard diagnosis; Standard management

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; BRAIN INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEAD INJURY; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

HEAD INJURIES, PENETRATING; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 34247101102     PISSN: 01775537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00113-007-1244-4     Document Type: Review

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