The contribution of laparoscopy in evaluation of penetrating abdominal wounds

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 213-216

  Ahmed, Naveed ^a   Whelan, Jim ^a   Brownlee, John ^a   Chari, Vedantum ^a   Chung, Raphael ^a  

^a Huron Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAPHRAGM; DISEASE SEVERITY; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOSPITALIZATION; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER; MORBIDITY; OMENTUM; PERITONEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAB WOUND;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ALGORITHMS; DECISION TREES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; METHYLENE BLUE; PATIENT SELECTION; PERITONEUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; SAFETY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 22244467690     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2005.04.021     Document Type: Article

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