Traumatic thoracobiliary fistulae: A case report with a review of the current management options

Injury

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 639-643

  Navsaria, P H ^a   Adams, S ^a   Nicol, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ABDOMINAL DRAINAGE; ABDOMINAL INJURY; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE LEAKAGE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FISTULA; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEMATOTHORAX; HEMIDIAPHRAGM; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER INJURY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA CAVITY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; THORACOBILIARY FISTULA; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX INJURY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BILIARY FISTULA; BRONCHIAL FISTULA; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; FISTULA; HUMANS; MALE; PLEURAL DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 0036742432     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(02)00072-4     Document Type: Article

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