Management of flail chest

Trauma

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 235-247

  Ranasinghe, Aaron m ^a   Hyde, Jonathan aj ^a   Graham, Timothy r ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

flail chest; pulmonary contusion; thoracic trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035563657     PISSN: 14604086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146040860100300406     Document Type: Article

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