Blast injuries of large tyres: Case series

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 151-154

  Hefny, Ashraf F ^a   Eid, Hani O ^b   Al Bashir, Mohamed ^b   Abu Zidan, Fikri M ^c  

^a AL AIN HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^b TAWAM HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^c UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Blast injuries; Injury severity; Mortality; Trauma; Tyre

Indexed keywords

RUBBER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE INJURY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADULT; AIR PRESSURE; BLAST INJURIES; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EXPLOSIONS; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PROGNOSIS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 77349097767     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2009.12.002     Document Type: Article

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