Evaluation of diagnostic peritoneal lavage in stable patients with gunshot wounds to the abdomen

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 909-913

  Kelemen III, John J ^a,c   Russell Martin, R ^a   Obney, James A ^a   Jenkins, Don ^b   Kissinger, David P ^b  

^a BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 1842377534     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.1997.01430320111018     Document Type: Article

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