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European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery

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01-04-2017 | Editorial

Focus on chest trauma

Author: L. P. H. Leenen

Published in: European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery | Issue 2/2017

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In this issue of the European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery emphasis is laid on thoracic trauma. Stil 25% of all trauma deaths are to be attributed to thoracic trauma. Thoracic trauma ranges from the simple rib fractures in the elderly to the emergency thoracotomy in the ED and even in the streets of our major cities, a much debated subject. …

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Title: Focus on chest trauma
Author: L. P. H. Leenen
Publication date: 01-04-2017
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery / Issue 2/2017
Print ISSN: 1863-9933
Electronic ISSN: 1863-9941
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00068-017-0780-z

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