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REVIEW ARTICLE

Object impaled in the Thorax: Review Study

Fabio Botelho-Filho, Domingos AF Drumond, Sizenando V Starling, Leonardo C Peixoto, Diego P Zille, Gabriela DC Constantino

Citation Information : Botelho-Filho F, Drumond DA, Starling SV, Peixoto LC, Zille DP, Constantino GD. Object impaled in the Thorax: Review Study. Panam J Trauma Crit Care Emerg Surg 2016; 5 (3):148-154.

DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10030-1158

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Published Online: 04-12-2016

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