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The role of diagnostic VATS in penetrating thoracic injuries

BACKGROUND: Penetrating chest injuries account for 1–13% of thoracic trauma hospital admissions and most of these are managed with a conservative approach. Nevertheless, 18–30% of cases managed only with tube thoracostomy have residual clotted blood, considered the major risk factor for the developm...

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Autores principales: Paci, Massimiliano, Ferrari, Guglielmo, Annessi, Valerio, de Franco, Salvatore, Guasti, Guido, Sgarbi, Giorgio
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1609103/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17022807
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-7922-1-30