Civilian gunshot wounds to the genitourinary tract: Incidence, anatomic distribution, associated injuries, and outcomes

Urology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 977-981

  Najibi, Soheil ^a,b   Tannast, Moritz ^c   Latini, Jerilyn M ^d  

^a SAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY; KIDNEY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PENIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SCROTUM; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TESTIS; UROGENITAL TRACT INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; URBAN POPULATION; UROGENITAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957754195     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2010.01.092     Document Type: Article

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