Abdominal gunshot wounds - Current status of selective non-operative management

South African Journal of Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 4-5

  Degiannis, E ^a   Psaras, G ^a   Smith, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPY; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 2342468138     PISSN: 00382361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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