Management of low-velocity, non-gunshot-wound penetrating abdominal injury: Have we moved with the times?

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 1287, 2008, Pages 26-31

  Hsee, Li ^a   Civil, Ian ^a  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PENETRATING TRAUMA; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ABDOMINAL INJURY; AUSTRALIA; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; PENETRATING TRAUMA; REGISTER; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 58849121314     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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