Surgical management of blunt thoracic and abdominal injuries in Quebec: A limited volume

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1421-1426

  Bergeron, Eric ^a   Lavoie, Andre ^a,b   Belcaid, Amina ^b   Moore, Lynne ^b   Clas, David ^a   Razek, Tarek ^c   Lessard, Julie ^a   Ratte, Sebastien ^a  

^a HÔPITAL CHARLES LEMOYNE   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abdominal injuries; Blunt trauma; Epidemiology; Thoracic injuries; Trauma centers

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CANADA; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX INJURY;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUEBEC; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; THORACIC INJURIES; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 34250307098     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318047b7af     Document Type: Article

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