"Awake" laparoscopy for the evaluation of equivocal penetrating abdominal wounds

Injury

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 60-64

  Weinberg, Jordan A ^a   Magnotti, Louis J ^b   Edwards, Norma M ^b   Claridge, Jeffrey A ^c   Minard, Gayle ^b   Fabian, Timothy C ^b   Croce, Martin A ^b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c Metrohealth Mecial Centre ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Laparoscopy; Penetrating wounds

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PENETRATING TRAUMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; PERITONEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADULT; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPES; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PERITONEUM; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; WOUNDS, PENETRATING; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 33845715882     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2006.08.061     Document Type: Article

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