Penetrating craniocerebral injuries from nail-gun use

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 678-683

  Selvanathan, S ^a   Goldschlager, T ^a   McMillen, J ^a   Campbell, S ^a  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

False aneurysm; Foreign bodies; Nail gun; Nails; Penetrating eye injuries; Penetrating head injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FALSE ANEURYSM; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; TRACTION THERAPY;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; AGED; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; CRANIOTOMY; HEAD INJURIES, PENETRATING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REVIEW LITERATURE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34249082133     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2006.02.017     Document Type: Article

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