Laparoscopic evaluation of penetrating thoracoabdominal traumatic injuries

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 19-22

  Ortega, A E ^a   Tang, E ^a   Froes, E T ^a   Asensio, J A ^a   Katkhouda, N ^a   Demetriades, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal wounds; Laparoscopy; Penetrating trauma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAPHRAGM; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; INJURY; KIDNEY; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER; MALE; PANCREAS; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PERITONITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN; STAB WOUND; THORAX INJURY;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADULT; DIAPHRAGM; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER; MALE; PANCREAS; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PERITONITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN; THORACIC INJURIES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; WOUNDS, PENETRATING; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 0029692472     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004649910003     Document Type: Article

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