Indications far early mandatory laparotomy in abdominal stab wounds

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 76-80

  Leppaniemi A K ^a   Voutilainen, P E ^a   Haapiainen, R K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOCK; STAB WOUND; DECISION MAKING; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DECISION MAKING; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 0032587494     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.1999.00968.x     Document Type: Article

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