Treatment of isolated penetrating flank trauma

American Surgeon

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 493-496

  Dissanaike, Sharmila ^a   Griswold, John A ^a   Frezza, Eldo Ermenegildo ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; DIAPHRAGM INJURY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; OBSERVATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ALGORITHMS; COHORT STUDIES; CRITICAL CARE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; OBSERVATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 23244460945     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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