Subxiphoid pericardial window to exclude occult cardiac injury after penetrating thoracoabdominal trauma

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 100, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1454-1458

  Hommes, M ^a   Nicol, A J ^a   Van Der Stok, J ^b   Kodde, I ^b   Navsaria, P H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COLON; FEMALE; HEART INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER; MALE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PERICARDIOTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH; THORAX INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COLON; FEMALE; HEART INJURIES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER; MALE; PERICARDIAL WINDOW TECHNIQUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMACH; THORACIC INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, PENETRATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883487529     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.9241     Document Type: Article

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