Sternotomy or drainage for a hemopericardium after penetrating trauma: A randomized controlled trial

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 259, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 438-442

  Nicol, Andrew J ^a   Navsaria, Pradeep H ^a   Hommes, Martijn ^a   Ball, Chad G ^b   Edu, Sorin ^a   Kahn, Delawir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

cardiac trauma; hemopericardium; penetrating cardiac injury; sternotomy; subxiphoid pericardial window

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIAL WINDOW TECHNIQUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; STERNOTOMY; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACIC INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 84894095503     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31829069a1     Document Type: Article

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