Penetrating trauma to the junctional zone needs aggressive management

British Medical Journal

Volumn 334, Issue 7587, 2007, Pages 257-258

  Ahmad, J ^a   Beattie, G C ^a   Kennedy, R ^a   Clements, W D B ^a   Kennedy, J A ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; DIAPHRAGM INJURY; GASTRECTOMY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX INJURY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DIAPHRAGM; HUMANS; MALE; THORACIC INJURIES; THORACOSCOPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 33846889099     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39055.459248.80     Document Type: Article

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