Selective non-operative management of liver gunshot injuries

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 890-895

  Omoshoro Jones, J A O ^a,b   Nicol, A J ^a   Navsaria, P H ^a   Zellweger, R ^a   Krige, J E J ^a   Kahn, D H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER INJURY; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT FAILURE; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 21844460264     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.4991     Document Type: Conference Paper

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