Ballistic thoracoabdominal injury: Analysis of recent military experience in Afghanistan

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1396-1401

  Morrison, J J ^a   Midwinter, M J ^a   Jansen, J O ^b  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Royal Army Medical Corps   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MILITARY MEDICINE; MORTALITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGERY; SURVIVAL; THORACOTOMY; THORAX INJURY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; WAR;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; BLAST INJURIES; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THORACIC INJURIES; THORACOTOMY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956027028     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-011-1046-2     Document Type: Article

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