A heuristic approach and heretic view on the technical issues and pitfalls in the management of penetrating abdominal injuries

<p>Abstract</p> <p>There is a general decline in penetrating abdominal trauma throughout the western world. As a result of that, there is a significant loss of expertise in dealing with this type of injury particularly when the patient presents to theatre with physiological instabi...

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Main Authors: Smith Martin D, Ndofor Brown C, Yilmaz Tugba H, Degiannis Elias
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-07-01
Series:Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
Online Access:http://www.sjtrem.com/content/18/1/40