Complex craniofacial trauma resulting from fireworks blast

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 322-327

  Romano, Fabio ^a   Catalfamo, Luciano ^a   Siniscalchi, Enrico Nastro ^a   Conti, Alfredo ^a,b   Angileri, Filippo Flavio ^a   De Ponte, Francesco Saverio ^a   Tomasello, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Craniofacial injury; Fireworks injury; Head injury; Penetrating trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY; DEBRIDEMENT; FACE INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BLAST INJURIES; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE, TRAUMATIC; BURNS; EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; EYE INJURIES; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; FRONTAL LOBE; HEAD INJURIES, PENETRATING; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL, INTRACRANIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MAXILLARY FRACTURES; MAXILLOFACIAL INJURIES; MIDDLE AGED; ORBITAL FRACTURES; RECREATION; SKULL BASE; SKULL FRACTURES; SPHENOID BONE; ZYGOMATIC FRACTURES;

EID: 42049095696     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e3180690237     Document Type: Article

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