Surgical management of traumatic pulmonary injury

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 186, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 620-624

  Huh, Joseph ^a,b   Wall Jr , Matthew J ^a   Estrera, Anthony L ^a   Soltero, Ernesto R ^a   Mattox, Kenneth L ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Damage control; Lung trauma; Thoracic trauma; Tractotomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLEEDING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LUNG INJURY; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX INJURY;

EID: 0348111570     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2003.08.013     Document Type: Article

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