Pneumomediastinum: Physiopathological considerations and report of six cases treated in an emergency surgery division

Minerva Chirurgica

Volumn 51, Issue 7-8, 1996, Pages 577-583

  D'Urbano, C ^a   Fuertes Guiro F ^b   Biraghi, T ^a   Thodas, A ^a   Sampietro, R ^a  

^a SAN CARLO BORROMEO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b CIRIT Scholar ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Mediastinal emphysema; Physiopathology; Pneumomediastinum spontaneous; Pneumothorax; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL EMPHYSEMA; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0029828958     PISSN: 00264733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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