Mediastinal impalement with survival: A case report

American Surgeon

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 594-596

  Tsuei, Matthew K ^a   Riley, Robert D ^a   Oaks, Timothy E ^a   Chang, Michael C ^a,b  

^a WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; PENETRATING TRAUMA; RADIOGRAPHY; THORACOTOMY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; THORACOTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 0035374969     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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