Idiopathic pneumoperitoneum following blunt chest trauma: A case report

Injury

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 511-513

  Gardner Thorpe, Damian ^a   Maddox, Paul R ^a  

^a ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PNEUMOTHORAX; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; THORACIC INJURIES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0032838009     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(99)00146-1     Document Type: Article

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