Chest Wall Injury Society recommendations for long-term follow-up after nonoperatively and operatively managed
Joseph D Forrester1, Muhammad Saad Choudhry, Joseph Fernandez-Moure
1From the Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery (J.D.F., J.T.), Stanford University, Stanford, California; Department of Surgery (M.S.C.), Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan; Division of Trauma, Acute and Critical Care Surgery, Department of Surgery (J.F.-M.), Duke University, Durham, North Carolina; Department of Surgery (J.K.), Detroit Medical Center, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan; Princess Alexandra Hospital (B.P.), Gold Coast University, Queensland, Australia; and Center for Trauma and Critical Care, Department of Surgery (S.K.), George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC.
Level Of Evidence:
Systematic Review/Meta-analysis; Level IV.
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