Intrapericardial Foreign Bodies in the Pediatric Trauma Population

Eur J Pediatr Surg 2011; 21(06): 410-412
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1283153

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Authors

F. B. Fike

¹Children’s Mercy Hospital, Surgery, Kansas City, United States
D. Juang

¹Children’s Mercy Hospital, Surgery, Kansas City, United States
O. J. Muensterer

²Children’s Hospital of Alabama, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Pediatric Surgery, Birmingham, United States
J. E. O’Brien Jr

¹Children’s Mercy Hospital, Surgery, Kansas City, United States
D. J. Ostlie

³Children’s Mercy Hospital, Department of Surgery, Center for Prospective Trials, Kansas City, United States
S. D. St Peter

³Children’s Mercy Hospital, Department of Surgery, Center for Prospective Trials, Kansas City, United States

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