Safety of definitive in-theater repair of facial fractures

Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 400-405

  Lopez, Manuel A ^a,b   Arnholt, Jonathan L ^a  

^a WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Lackland AFB ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; CASE REPORT; ESTHETICS; FACE INJURY; FRACTURE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SOLDIER;

ADULT; BLAST INJURIES; ESTHETICS; FACIAL INJURIES; FRACTURES, BONE; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY;

EID: 36849028811     PISSN: 15212491     EISSN: 15383660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archfaci.9.6.400     Document Type: Article

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