Chest trauma experience over eleven-year period at al-mouassat university teaching hospital-Damascus: a retrospective review of 888 cases

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Thoracic trauma is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in developing countries. In this study, we present our 11-year experience in the management and clinical outcome of 888 chest trauma cases as a result of blunt a...

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Main Authors: Al-Koudmani Ibrahim, Darwish Bassam, Al-Kateb Kamal, Taifour Yahia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-04-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/7/1/35