title: Missile injuries.
abstract: Missile injuries represent a timely topic of continuing concern in civilian practice as well as on the battlefield. Unfortunately, many surgeons do not possess an adequate knowledge of the wounding power of missiles. This presentation stresses the need for a more thorough knowledge and appreciation of wound ballistics.
mesh_terms: D001158:Arteries / Q000293:injuries; D003646:Debridement; D004322:Drainage; D005107:Explosions; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D055585:Physical Phenomena; D010825:Physics; D011859:Radiography; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000601:surgery; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*