Management of Stab Wounds to the Thoracoabdominal Region
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Management of stab wounds to the anterior abdominal wall.
The meeting of the Publication "Evidence Based Telemedicine - Trauma and Emergency Surgery" (TBE-CiTE), through literature review, selected three recent articles on the treatment of victims stab wounds to the abdominal wall. The first study looked at the role of computed tomography (CT) in the treatment of patients with stab wounds to the abdominal wall. The second examined the use of laparosco...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Surgery
سال: 1988
ISSN: 0003-4932
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-198803000-00019