Analysis of 153 gunshot wounds of the liver

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1030-1034

  Marr, J D F ^a   Krige, J E J ^a,b   Terblanche, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; LIVER INJURY; LIVER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR SURGERY;

EID: 0033916483     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.2000.01487.x     Document Type: Article

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