Selective nonoperative management of liver gunshot injuries

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 249, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 653-656

  Navsaria, Pradeep H ^a   Nicol, Andrew J ^a   Krige, Jake E ^a   Edu, Sorin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT FISTULA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEMATOTHORAX; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; THERAPY DELAY; ABDOMINAL INJURY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DRAINAGE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 65449145225     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31819ed98d     Document Type: Article

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