Penetrating liver war injury: A report on 172 cases

Military Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 419-421

  Uravić, Miljenko ^a   Milotić, Franko ^a   Raguž, Krešimir ^b   Depolo, Arsen ^a   Rahelić, Velimir ^a   Bačić, Giordano ^a   Jerković, Vladimir ^b   Šapina, Josip ^b   Pehar, Dominik ^b   Kraljik, Darko ^b  

^a KBC RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^b Dr Josip Beti evi General Hospital   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABDOMINAL INJURY; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; CROATIA; DEBRIDEMENT; EXPLOSION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LIGATION; LIVER INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MILITARY PHENOMENA; MORTALITY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0038300371     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/168.5.419     Document Type: Article

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