Thoracoscopy in the management of hemothorax and retained blood after trauma

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 243-246

  Carrillo, Eddy H ^a   Richardson, J David ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEEDING; FEMALE; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL RATE; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HEMOTHORAX; HUMANS; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0032105919     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00063198-199807000-00012     Document Type: Article

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