Thoracoscopic removal of a knife impaled in the chest

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1213-1214

  Burack, Joshua H ^a,b   Amulraj, Emmanuel A ^a   O'Neill, Patricia ^a   Brevetti, Gregory ^a   Lowery, Robert C ^a  

^a KINGS COUNTY HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CASE REPORT; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; KNIFE CUT; MALE; PLEURA CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRA;

ADULT; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; MALE; THORACIC INJURIES; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 26444477295     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2005.05.050     Document Type: Article

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