Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery Removal of Foreign Bodies after Penetrating Chest Trauma

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 202, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 848-852

  Williams, Christopher G ^a   Haut, Elliott R ^a   Ouyang, Helen ^a   Riall, Taylor S ^b   Makary, Martin ^a   Efron, David T ^a   Cornwell III, Edward E ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; LIVER INJURY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAB WOUND; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX INJURY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX SURGERY;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; MALE; THORACIC INJURIES; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 33646101828     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2005.12.021     Document Type: Article

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