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Obesity May Not be Protective in Abdominal Stab Wounds

CONTEXT: Current protocols for the management of abdominal stab wounds were established based on retrospective data from prior decades. Few have investigated whether higher body mass index (BMI) affects outcomes after these injuries. AIM: The aim was to determine the effects of obesity on outcomes i...

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Autores principales: Hsiao, Vivian, Sim, Jacob, Zimmerman, Asha, Stephen, Andrew
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6735204/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31543637
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/JETS.JETS_41_18