A peculiar case of oral firework explosion caused by Russian roulette

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Di Benedetto, Giovanni M ^a   Grassetti, Luca ^a   Forlini, William ^a   Bertani, Aldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVE; FIREWORK; POLYGLACTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; BLAST INJURY; CASE REPORT; CONTUSION; DEBRIDEMENT; EXPLOSION; FACE SURGERY; FACIAL NERVE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LACERATION; LETTER; MALE; MOUTH INJURY; NOSE RECONSTRUCTION; NOSE SEPTUM; ORAL SURGERY; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SKIN ABRASION; SKIN FLAP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE;

ADULT; BLAST INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; MOUTH; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 68249108014     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181a83a30     Document Type: Letter

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