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Research Article| Volume 8, ISSUE 1, P75-78, January 1990

Penetrating neck trauma: Mandatory versus selective exploration

  • Niels K. Rathlev
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    Reprint address: Niels K. Rathlev, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston City Hospital, 818 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02118
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    Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston City Hospital Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0736-4679(90)90392-9
Penetrating neck trauma: Mandatory versus selective exploration
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      Article info

      Publication history

      Accepted: August 25, 1989
      Received: August 18, 1989

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0736-4679(90)90392-9

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      © 1990 Published by Elsevier Inc.

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