Colorectal Blowout from Compressed Air: Case Report

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 793-795

  Zunzunegui, Raul G ^a   Werner, Andrew M ^a   Gamblin, T Clark ^a   Stephens, Jeffrey L ^a   Ashley, Dennis W ^a  

^a GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BAROTRAUMA; CASE REPORT; COLON INJURY; COLON PERFORATION; COLOSTOMY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; BAROTRAUMA; COLON; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; RECTUM; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA;

EID: 0036238762     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200204000-00036     Document Type: Article

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