The management of anterior abdominal stab wounds in Australasia

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 510-513

  Cameron, Peter ^a   Civil, Ian ^b  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Abdominal; Penetrating; Stab; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PENETRATING TRAUMA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STAB WOUND; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0031811458     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1998.tb04813.x     Document Type: Article

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