New York-tidewater chapters history of military medicine essay award: The adoption of laparotomy for the treatment of penetrating abdominal wounds in war

Military Medicine

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 189-196

  Bamberger, Peter Kurt ^a,b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ARTICLE; HISTORY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MILITARY MEDICINE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; SOLDIER; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WAR;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED STATES; WAR; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 3142518220     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/161.4.189     Document Type: Article

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