The spectrum of diaphragmatic injury in a busy metropolitan surgical service

Injury

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 932-937

  Clarke, D L ^a   Greatorex, B ^a   Oosthuizen, G V ^a   Muckart, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Diaphragm injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; COLON INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; DIAPHRAGM INJURY; DISEASE DURATION; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STAB WOUND; STOMACH INJURY; THORACOTOMY;

ADULT; DIAPHRAGM; HERNIA, DIAPHRAGMATIC, TRAUMATIC; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REOPERATION; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 67651004309     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2008.10.042     Document Type: Article

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