European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery

Quality improvement in trauma care

Ingo Marzi

History, development and future of trauma care for multiple injured patients in the Netherlands

K. W. W. Lansink, L. P. H. Leenen

Ultrasonographic diagnosis of abdominal free fluid: accuracy comparison of emergency physicians and radiologists

S. Tajoddini, S. Shams Vahdati

Whole body imaging in the diagnosis of blunt trauma, ionizing radiation hazards and residual risk

J. P. Kepros, R. C. Opreanu, R. Samaraweera, A. Briningstool, C. A. Morrison, B. D. Mosher, P. Schneider, P. Stevens

Serial lactate and admission SOFA scores in trauma: an analysis of predictive value in 724 patients with and without traumatic brain injury

C. Dübendorfer, A. T. Billeter, B. Seifert, M. Keel, M. Turina

Prehospital care in patients with severe traumatic brain injury: does the level of prehospital care influence mortality?

M. M. F. Aubuchon, B. Hemmes, M. Poeze, J. Jansen, P. R. G. Brink

Occult hemopneumothorax following chest trauma does not need a chest tube

I. Mahmood, Z. Tawfeek, S. Khoschnau, S. Nabir, A. Almadani, H. Al Thani, K. Maull, R. Latifi

Abdominal vascular trauma in 760 severely injured patients

M. Heuer, B. Hussmann, G. M. Kaiser, R. Lefering, A. Paul, S. Lendemans

Angiographic embolization in the treatment of arterial pelvic hemorrhage: evaluation of prognostic mortality-related factors

J. Lindahl, L. Handolin, T. Söderlund, M. Porras, E. Hirvensalo

Evaluation of current treatment regimens for prepatellar and olecranon bursitis in Switzerland

S. F. Baumbach, H. Wyen, C. Perez, K.-G. Kanz, I. Uçkay

Reamed intramedullary nailing of diaphyseal tibial fractures: comparison of compression and non-compression nailing

F. Högel, C. Gerber, V. Bühren, P. Augat

The prognostic reliability of the Glasgow coma score in traumatic brain injuries: evaluation of MRI data

D. Woischneck, R. Firsching, B. Schmitz, T. Kapapa

A new fixation method for Hoffa fracture

Y. Xu, H. Li, H.-H. Yang

A practical therapeutic protocol for cervical tuberculosis

Xi-Yang Wang, Cheng-Ke Luo, Wei-Wei Li, Ping Wu, Xiao-Yang Pang, Zheng-Quan Xu, Hao Zeng, Wei Peng, Peng-Hui Zhang

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