Seatbelt syndrome associated with an isolated rectal injury: Case report

World Journal of Emergency Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Hefny, Ashraf F ^a   Al Ashaal, Yousef I ^a   Bani Hashem, Ahmed M ^a   Abu Zidan, Fikri M ^a,b  

^a AL AIN HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

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EID: 77649098598     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17497922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-7922-5-4     Document Type: Article

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