Small bowel perforations after blunt abdominal trauma evaluation with computed tomographic scan and laparoscopy;Perforations du grêle par traumatisme fermé de l'abdomen évaluation par le scanner abdominal et la laparoscopie

Annales de Chirurgie

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 258-261

  Germain, M A ^a   Soukhni, N ^a   Bouzard, M D ^a  

^a Hopital Max Fourestier   (France)

Author keywords

Bowel perforation; Computed tomographic scan; Laparoscopy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTESTINE INJURY; INTESTINE PERFORATION; INTESTINE WALL; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; PERITONEAL FLUID LEVEL; PERITONITIS; PNEUMOPERITONEUM;

EID: 0038372233     PISSN: 00033944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-3944(03)00072-5     Document Type: Article

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