Blunt diaphragmatic rupture

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 469-474

  Athanassiadi, Kalliopi ^a   Kalavrouziotis, G ^a   Athanassiou, Maria ^a   Vernikos, P ^a   Skrekas, G ^a   Poultsidi, Antigoni ^a   Bellenis, I ^a  

^a EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Blunt trauma; Diaphragm injury; Diaphragmatic hernia; Predictors of outcome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAPHRAGM RUPTURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DIAPHRAGM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0032898408     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(99)00073-1     Document Type: Article

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