Urgent thoracotomy for penetrating chest trauma: Analysis of 158 patients of a single center

Injury

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 900-904

  Onat, Serdar ^a   Ulku, Refik ^a   Avci, Alper ^a   Ates, Gungor ^a   Ozcelik, Cemal ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Penetrating chest trauma; Urgent thoracotomy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEST ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE SCORE; DIAPHRAGM INJURY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG INJURY SCALE SCORE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STAB WOUND; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORACOTOMY; THORAX INJURY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 80052131341     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2010.02.004     Document Type: Article

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