Analysis of 203 patients with penetrating neck injuries

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2716-2723

  Thoma, Max ^a   Navsaria, Pradeep H ^a   Edu, Sorin ^a   Nicol, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK INJURY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH AFRICA; STAB WOUND; STERNOTOMY; TRACHEOSTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COHORT STUDIES; DECISION TREES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK INJURIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; WOUNDS, STAB; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56349143298     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-008-9766-7     Document Type: Article

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