Abdominal damage control surgery and reconstruction: World society of emergency surgery position paper

World Journal of Emergency Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Godat, Laura ^a   Kobayashi, Leslie ^a   Costantini, Todd ^a   Coimbra, Raul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal compartment syndrome; Damage control; Temporary abdominal closure; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890253407     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17497922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-7922-8-53     Document Type: Review

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