Dilemmas in the diagnosis of blunt enteric trauma

American Surgeon

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 750-754

  Kemmeter, Paul R ^a   Senagore, Anthony J ^a,b,c   Smith, Dean ^a,b   Oostendorp, Leon ^a,b  

^a SPECTRUM HEALTH   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Center for Surgical Education   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE INJURY; LAPAROTOMY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL APPROACH;

ADULT; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONEAL LAVAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0031904558     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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