Value of digital exploration for diagnosing injuries to the left side of the diaphragm caused by stab wounds

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 136, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1131-1135

  Morales, Carlos H ^a   Villegas, Maria I ^a   Angel, Walter ^a   Vásquez, John J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIAPHRAGM INJURY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAB WOUND; SURGEON; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT INDICATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0034816261     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.136.10.1131     Document Type: Article

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