Early management of gunshot injuries to the face in civilian practice

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2104-2110

  Glapa, Miriam ^a,b   Kourie, Jeffrey F ^b,c   Doll, Dietrich ^b   Degiannis, Elias ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND MEDICAL SCHOOL   (South Africa)

^c MILPARK HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL INJURY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; RESUSCITATION; SEX RATIO; TRACHEOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FACIAL INJURIES; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBULAR FRACTURES; MAXILLARY FRACTURES; MIDDLE AGED; ORBITAL FRACTURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; ZYGOMA;

EID: 35448963474     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-007-9220-2     Document Type: Article

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