Early VATS for blunt chest trauma: A management technique underutilized by acute care surgeons

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 102-107

  Smith, Jason W ^a   Franklin, Glen A ^a   Harbrecht, Brian G ^a   Richardson, J David ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Empyema; Retained hemothorax; Thoracic trauma; VATS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGEON; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; VIDEOENDOSCOPY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCIES; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; FEMALE; HEMOTHORAX; HUMANS; KENTUCKY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACIC INJURIES; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 79960408011     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3182223080     Document Type: Article

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