Delayed diagnosis of blunt duodenal injury: An avoidable complication

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 187, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 393-399

  Allen, Gary S ^a   Moore, Frederick A ^a   Cox Jr , Charles S ^b   Mehall, John R ^a   Duke, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Memorial Hermann Children's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DUODENUM; DUODENUM FISTULA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE INJURY; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION TREES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DUODENUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0031720519     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1072-7515(98)00205-1     Document Type: Article

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