How far have we really come in managing colorectal trauma?

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 711-712

  Steele, Scott R ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; BATTLE INJURY; BLAST INJURY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COLON INJURY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PROGNOSIS; RECTUM INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; COLON; COLORECTAL SURGERY; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; MILITARY MEDICINE; NOTE; RECTUM; WAR;

COLON; COLORECTAL SURGERY; HUMANS; MILITARY MEDICINE; RECTUM; WAR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77951884443     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/DCR.0b013e3181d32716     Document Type: Editorial

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