Evaluation of penetrating injuries of the neck: Prospective study of 223 patients

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-48

  Demetriades, D ^a,b   Theodorou, D ^a   Cornwall, E ^a   Berne, T V ^a   Asensio, J ^a   Beizberg, H ^a   Velmahos, G ^a   Weaver, F ^a   Yellin, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK INJURY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SHOCK;

ALGORITHMS; ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NECK INJURIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 0031030173     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002689900191     Document Type: Article

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