Needle thoracostomy for tension pneumothorax: The Israeli Defense Forces experience

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2015, Pages S118-S124

  Chen, Jacob ^a,b,d   Nadler, Roy ^a,b   Schwartz, Dagan ^a,c   Tien, Homer ^e,f   Cap, Andrew P ^d   Glassberg, Elon ^a  

^a MEDICAL CORPS   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^e US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DEVICES; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; NEEDLE; PNEUMOTHORAX; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLDIER; THORACIC INJURIES; THORACOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NEEDLES; PNEUMOTHORAX; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC INJURIES; THORACOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84937546332     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: 14882310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cjs.012914     Document Type: Article

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