The natural history of untreated penetrating diaphragm injury: An animal model

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 989-992

  Gamblin, T Clark ^a   Wall Jr , Charles E ^a,b   Morgan III, Joe H ^a   Erickson, Douglas J ^a   Dalton, Martin L ^a   Ashley, Dennis W ^a  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Hospital Box 140 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Diaphragm; Nonoperative management; Penetrating injury

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA INJURY; ARTICLE; DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; DIAPHRAGM INJURY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; TUBE;

ANIMALS; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; DIAPHRAGM; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HERNIA, DIAPHRAGMATIC; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 9644280891     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000112911.03802.C4     Document Type: Article

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