Indications for using video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery to diagnose diaphragmatic injuries after penetrating chest trauma

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 342-347

  Freeman, Richard K ^a   Al Dossari, Ghanam ^a   Hutcheson, Kelley A ^a   Huber, Lynn ^a   Jessen, Michael E ^a   Meyer, Dan M ^a   Wait, Michael A ^a   DiMaio, J Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAPHRAGM INJURY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; THORACOSCOPE; THORAX PENETRATING TRAUMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; DIAPHRAGM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; THORACIC INJURIES; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; WOUNDS, PENETRATING; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 0034898228     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(01)02803-X     Document Type: Article

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