An audit of failed non-operative management of abdominal stab wounds

Injury

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 488-491

  Clarke, D L ^a   Allorto, N L ^a   Thomson, S R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Failed non operative management; Stab abdomen

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY FAILURE; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MORBIDITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SOUTH AFRICA; STAB WOUND; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ABDOMINAL INJURIES; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAPHRAGM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; THORACIC INJURIES; TIME; WOUNDS, STAB;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAPHRAGM; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; MEDICAL AUDIT; SOUTH AFRICA; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; THORACIC INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT FAILURE; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 77950019416     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2009.10.022     Document Type: Article

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