Bullets and their role in sepsis after colon wounds

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 648-652

  Sarmiento, Juan M ^a   Yugueros, Patricia ^a   Garcia, Alberto F ^a   Wolff, Bruce G ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; COLON PERFORATION; COLOSTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COLON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WOUND INFECTION; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 0030957008     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002689900288     Document Type: Article

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