Low-velocity Gunshot Wounds to Extremities
- 1 December 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health
- Vol. 20 (12) , 1061-1064
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00005373-198012000-00010
Abstract
Several therapeutic modalities in the management of low-velocity gunshot wounds to extremities were investigated. Local excision of wound margins, irrigation, and primary or delayed primary closure without the use of the operating room or prophylactic antibiotics produced results which were comparable to those obtained with a more aggressive surgical protocol.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: