Pneumoperitoneum in polytraumatized patients without perforated hollow viscera;Neumoperitoneo en politraumatismo sin perforación de víscera hueca

Cirugia Espanola

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 364-366

  Asanza Llorente, Juan Antonio ^a   Quesada Peinado, María Del Carmen ^a   Díaz Oller, Juan ^a   Moreno Montesinos, José Martín ^a   Medina Domínguez, María Teresa ^a  

^a HOSPITAL SAN AGUSTÍN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blunt abdominal trauma; Computed tomography; Pneumoperitoneum

Indexed keywords

EID: 37149027610     PISSN: 0009739X     EISSN: 1578147X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-739X(07)71749-9     Document Type: Article

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