Injuries to the colon from blast effect of penetrating extra-peritoneal thoraco-abdominal trauma

Injury

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 320-324

  Sharma, Om P ^a   Oswanski, Michael F ^a   White, Patrick W ^a  

^a TOLEDO HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Blast; CT Scan; Extra diaphragmatic; Extra peritoneal; Gunshot; Penetrating; Primary blast injury; Secondary blast injury; Tangential; Tertiary blast injury

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PENETRATING TRAUMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON INJURY; DEPRESSION; DIAPHRAGM INJURY; DISEASE COURSE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; INTESTINE INJURY; LAPAROTOMY; LITERATURE; MALE; MESENTERY DISEASE; PERITONEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEAL HEMATOMA; SKIN GRAFT; SPLEEN INJURY; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1242315509     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(03)00102-5     Document Type: Article

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