Blunt traumatic small bowel rupture: Are children different?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 795-799

  Hamill, James ^a   Paice, Rhondda ^a   Civil, Ian ^a   Kolbe, Anne ^a  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Abdominal injuries; Non penetrating wounds; Rupture; Small intestines

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTESTINE INJURY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REGISTER; RUPTURE; SCORING SYSTEM; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0033763109     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1622.2000.01976.x     Document Type: Article

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