Blunt abdominal trauma with small bowel injury: Are isolated lesions riskier than associated lesions?

Acta Cirurgica Brasileira

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 192-197

  Fraga, Gustavo Pereira ^a,b,d   E Silva, Fernando Henrique Bergo De Souza ^b,c   De Almeida, Nicolle Antunes ^b   Curi, Jorge Carlos Machado ^b   Mantovani, Mario ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c FAPESP   (Brazil)

^d FAPESP ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ileum; Intestinal fistula; Jejunum; Small bowel; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLUNT TRAUMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FISTULA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SCALE; INTESTINE INJURY; LAPAROTOMY; LUNG COMPLICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OPERATION DURATION; ORGAN INJURY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WOUND INFECTION;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILEUM; JEJUNUM; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 41749092787     PISSN: 01028650     EISSN: 16782674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-86502008000200013     Document Type: Article

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