The Current Status of Traumatic Diaphragmatic Injury: Lessons Learned From 105 Patients Over 13 Years

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1044-1048

  Hanna, Waël C ^a   Ferri, Lorenzo E ^a   Fata, Paola ^a   Razek, Tarek ^a   Mulder, David S ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; DIAPHRAGM INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; ORGAN INJURY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DIAPHRAGM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 39149135550     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.10.084     Document Type: Article

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