The clinical pattern of intentional injuries at a primary Saudi Arabian trauma center |
Shirah, Bader Hamza
(King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences)
Shirah, Hamza Asaad (Department of General Surgery, Al Ansar General Hospital) Zabeery, Ibrahim Abdulaziz (Department of General Surgery, Al Madinah Al Monawarrah General Hospital) Sogair, Osama Abdulqader (Department of General Surgery, Al Madinah Al Monawarrah General Hospital) Alahmari, Ahmed Medawi (Department of General Surgery, Al Madinah Al Monawarrah General Hospital) Alhaidari, Wael Awad (Department of Accidents and Emergency, Al Ansar General Hospital) Alamri, Maher Hamdan (Department of Emergency and Trauma, Al Ansar General Hospital) Aljabri, Waal Nafa (Department of Pharmacy, Al Ansar General Hospital) |
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