Shrapnel management

Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Peyser, Amos ^a   Khoury, Amal ^a   Liebergall, Meir ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MASS DISASTER; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 49149129057     PISSN: 1067151X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5435/00124635-200600001-00015     Document Type: Article

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