Management of maxillofacial wounds sustained by British service personnel in Afghanistan

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 483-486

  Breeze, J ^a   McVeigh, K ^a   Lee, J J ^b   Monaghan, A M ^a   Gibbons, A J ^c  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEWISHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Peterborough Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; Management; Maxillofacial wounds; Service personnel

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; FACE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LACERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; MAXILLOFACIAL INJURY; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; NOSE FRACTURE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; SCALP; TOOTH INJURY; TRACHEOSTOMY; TRACHEOTOMY; WOUND HEALING; ZYGOMA ARCH FRACTURE;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; BLAST INJURIES; DEBRIDEMENT; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; ESTHETICS; EXPLOSIONS; FACIAL INJURIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LACERATIONS; MANDIBULAR FRACTURES; MAXILLARY FRACTURES; MAXILLOFACIAL INJURIES; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REGISTRIES; SKULL FRACTURES; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955476594     PISSN: 09015027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2011.01.005     Document Type: Article

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