TY - JOUR
T1 - Gunshot Wounds to the Head and Neck
AU - Stiernberg, Charles M.
AU - Jahrsdoerfer, Robert A.
AU - Gillenwater, Ann
AU - Joe, Stephanie A.
AU - Alcalen, Socorro V.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 1992/6
Y1 - 1992/6
N2 - Gunshot wounds to the head and neck contribute to substantial medical, economic, and social problems in the United States today. The treatment of these patients requires the contemporary head and neck surgeon to be precisely informed in anatomy, wound ballistics, resuscitation, and surgical decision making. Ninety recent cases at the University of Texas Health Science Center affiliated hospitals in Houston were reviewed and are reported. Data show substantial trends in patient demographics and corroborate other reports in the trauma literature. Controversies in patient management continue, but current evidence favors a protocol of selective surgical exploration. (Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1992;118:592-597).
AB - Gunshot wounds to the head and neck contribute to substantial medical, economic, and social problems in the United States today. The treatment of these patients requires the contemporary head and neck surgeon to be precisely informed in anatomy, wound ballistics, resuscitation, and surgical decision making. Ninety recent cases at the University of Texas Health Science Center affiliated hospitals in Houston were reviewed and are reported. Data show substantial trends in patient demographics and corroborate other reports in the trauma literature. Controversies in patient management continue, but current evidence favors a protocol of selective surgical exploration. (Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1992;118:592-597).
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U2 - 10.1001/archotol.1992.01880060040012
DO - 10.1001/archotol.1992.01880060040012
M3 - Article
C2 - 1637536
AN - SCOPUS:0026648247
SN - 0886-4470
VL - 118
SP - 592
EP - 597
JO - Archives of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery
JF - Archives of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery
IS - 6
ER -