Complete bronchial rupture in a child: Report of a case

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 665-668

  Okumuş, Mustafa ^a,b   Çelik, Alaaddin ^a   Gün, Feryal ^a   Yekeler, Ensar ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chest trauma; Children; Complete bronchial rupture

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS RUPTURE; CASE REPORT; EMERGENCY; FIBERSCOPE ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; THORACOTOMY; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; TRACHEA INJURY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; BRONCHI; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; MALE; RUPTURE; THORACIC INJURIES; THORACOTOMY; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 26944474789     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-005-1434-5     Document Type: Article

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