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World Journal of Surgery
Published in: World Journal of Surgery 12/2011

01-12-2011

Survivorship Bias after Military Thoracic Injuries

Authors: Calvin S. H. Ng, Anthony M. H. Ho, Malcolm J. Underwood, Tim R. Graham

Published in: World Journal of Surgery | Issue 12/2011

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We read with interest the article by Morrison et al. [1] about military ballistic thoracoabdominal injuries from a British Military Hospital in Afghanistan. In their series of 27 patients, many required surgical exploration either at presentation or after further investigation with CT. …
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Frezza EE, Mezghebe H (1999) Is 30 minutes the golden period to perform emergency room thoracotomy in penetrating chest injuries? J Cardiovasc Surg 40:147–151
Metadata
Title
Survivorship Bias after Military Thoracic Injuries
Authors
Calvin S. H. Ng
Anthony M. H. Ho
Malcolm J. Underwood
Tim R. Graham
Publication date
01-12-2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
World Journal of Surgery / Issue 12/2011
Print ISSN: 0364-2313
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2323
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-011-1216-2

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