The use of laparoscopy as a primary diagnostic and therapeutic method in penetrating wounds of lower thoracal region

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 26-29

  Ertekin, Cemalettin ^a   Onaran, Yasemin ^a   Güloglǔ, Recep ^a   Günay, Kayhan ^a   Taviloǧlu, Korhan ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Diagnostic laparoscopy; Penetrating abdominal trauma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PENETRATING TRAUMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAPHRAGM RUPTURE; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAB WOUND; THORAX INJURY;

EID: 0031890792     PISSN: 10517200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019509-199802000-00007     Document Type: Article

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