Gunshot wounds to the head and neck

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 213-218

  Doctor, Vishal S ^a   Farwell, D Gregory ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography angiogram; Gunshot wounds; Head and neck; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BONE GRAFT; BONE REMODELING; BONE TISSUE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; ESTHETIC SURGERY; ESTHETICS; FACE SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEAD AND NECK INJURY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; TISSUE REPAIR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CERVICOPLASTY; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; HUMANS; NECK INJURIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 34447339087     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOO.0b013e3281fbd3ef     Document Type: Review

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