Successful management of abdominal stab wounds with clinical evaluation: Experiences of an South-African trauma unit with 496 consecutive patients;Erfolgreiches selektives management abdomineller stichverletzungen durch klinische evaluation: Erfahrungen einer südafrikanischen trauma-unit mit 496 konsekutiven patienten

Unfallchirurg

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 215-219

  Exadaktylos, A ^a,c   Stettbacher, A ^b   Edu, S ^a   Nichols, A ^a   Bautz, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Conservative management; Exploratory laparotomy; Penetrating injuries

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIAPHRAGM; ECHOGRAPHY; EVISCERATION; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERITONEAL DISEASE; PERITONITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; RECTUM; SOUTH AFRICA; STAB WOUND; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH EXAMINATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLINS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 0037906581     PISSN: 01775537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00113-002-0543-z     Document Type: Article

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