Operative management of civilian rectal gunshot wounds: Simpler is better

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 114-118

  Velmahos, George C ^a   Gomez, Hugo ^a   Falabella, Andres ^a   Demetriades, Demetrios ^a  

^a LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLOSTOMY; DISEASE COURSE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND IRRIGATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLOSTOMY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 0033991875     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002689910021     Document Type: Article

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