Retained Stingray Barb and the Importance of Imaging

Gerald F. O’Malley; Rika N. O’Malley; Oahn Pham; Frederick Randolph; Rika N. O'Malley

doi:10.1016/J.WEM.2015.03.006

Retained Stingray Barb and the Importance of Imaging

Gerald F. O’Malley
, Rika N. O’Malley
, Oahn Pham
, Frederick Randolph
, Rika N. O'Malley

Albert Einstein Medical Center
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

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Original language	American English
Journal	Wilderness & Environmental Medicine
Volume	26
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/J.WEM.2015.03.006
State	Published - Sep 1 2015

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Medicine and Health Sciences
Surgery

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