Operative chest wall stabilization in flail chest - Outcomes of patients with or without pulmonary contusion

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 130-138

  Voggenreiter, Gregor ^a   Neudeck, Friedrich ^a   Aufmkolk, Michael ^a   Obertacke, Udo ^a   Schmit Neuerburg, Klaus Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAIL CHEST; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LUNG CONTUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SCORING SYSTEM; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031820952     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1072-7515(98)00142-2     Document Type: Article

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