The management of stab wounds to the chest: Sixteen years' experience

Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 379-381

  Ashraf, S S ^a,b   Volans, A P ^a   Sharif, H ^a   Chaudhry, I ^a   Akhtar, K ^a   Siddiqi, T ^a   Odam, N J ^a   Grotte, G J ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b Killingbeck Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chest wounds; Stab wounds

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAPHRAGM INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT MONITORING; STAB WOUND; THORACOTOMY; THORAX PENETRATING TRAUMA; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHEST TUBES; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC INJURIES; THORACOTOMY; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 0030468289     PISSN: 00358835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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