Cocktail stick injuries - The dangers of half a stick

Ulster Medical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 129-131

  Lindsay, R ^a   White, J S ^b   Mackle, E ^a  

^a CRAIGAVON AREA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b TOM BAKER CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CASE REPORT; COLON INJURY; COLON RESECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; DYSPNEA; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; FEMALE; FOOD; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; THORACOTOMY; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VOMITING;

AGED; COLON; ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 26844445249     PISSN: 00416193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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