Blast and penetrating fragment injuries to the extremities

Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Weil, Yoram A ^a   Mosheiff, Rami ^a   Liebergall, Meir ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLAST INJURY; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY; LEG INJURY; LIMB; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; REVIEW;

BLAST INJURIES; EXTREMITIES; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 51649120513     PISSN: 1067151X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5435/00124635-200600001-00031     Document Type: Article

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