Captive tiger attack: Case report and review of the literature

American Surgeon

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 516-519

  Schiller, Henry J ^a   Cullinane, Daniel C ^a   Sawyer, Mark D ^a   Zietlow, Scott P ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BITE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; LACERATION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NECK INJURY; NERVE INJURY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; TIGER; ANIMAL; BITES AND STINGS; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; ZOO ANIMAL;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; BITES AND STINGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PRIVATE SECTOR; TIGERS;

EID: 34250164270     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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