Gunshot wounds
By: edited by Paul J. Dougherty
Series: Monograph series -- 44; American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons monograph series -- 44.
Publisher: American Academy Of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Rosemont, IL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 155
ISBN-13: 9780892037506
Subjects: Gunshot Wounds; Firearms; Gunshot wounds; Surgery; Treatment; Wounds and injuries
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Epidemiology of gunshot wounds and classification of firearms; title: Wound ballistics: the pathophysiology of wounding; title: Nursing aspects of gunshot wounds; title: Initial evaluation and resuscitation of patients with penetrating extremity injury; title: Soft-tissue wound management; title: Vascular injury; title: Gunshot wounds of the joints; title: Gunshot fractures of the humeral shaft; title: Gunshot injuries to the hand, wrist, and forearm; title: Gunshot wounds of the pelvis and acetabulum; title: Gunshot fractures of the femoral shaft; title: Gunshot fractures of the tibia; title: Gunshot fractures of the foot and ankle; title: Gunshot injuries to the spine.