The role of primary repair for colonic injuries in wartime

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 643-647

  Hudolin, T ^a,c   Hudolin, I ^b  

^a KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^b Department of Surgery   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^c Klinika za Urologiju   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; COLON INJURY; COLOSTOMY; EXPERIENCE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PENETRATING TRAUMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL MORTALITY; WAR; WEAPON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLON; COLOSTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT TRANSFER; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; WAR; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 18844404096     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.4915     Document Type: Review

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