Urgent thoracotomy for pulmonary or tracheobronchial injury

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1988, Pages 276-280

  Thompson, David A ^a   Rowlands, Brian J ^a   Walker, William E ^a   Craig Kuykendall, R ^a   Miller, Priscilla W ^a   Fischer, Ronald P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONCHUS; HUMAN; LUNG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; THORACOTOMY; THORAX INJURY; TRACHEA;

BRONCHI; EMERGENCIES; HUMAN; LUNG; PNEUMONECTOMY; THORACIC INJURIES; THORACOTOMY; TRACHEA; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 0023899430     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-198803000-00002     Document Type: Article

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