Evaluation and management of gunshot wounds of the penis: 20-Year experience at an urban trauma center

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1038-1042

  Kunkle, David A ^a   Lebed, Brett D ^a   Mydlo, Jack H ^a   Pontari, Michel A ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Gunshot; Penis; Scrotum; Urethra; Wounds

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CYSTOTOMY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PENIS ERECTION; PENIS INJURY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URETHRA INJURY; URETHROGRAPHY; URETHROPLASTY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PENIS; PHILADELPHIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCROTUM; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; URETHRA; UROGENITAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 42049116313     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3180342036     Document Type: Article

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