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Clinical outcomes of patients with hollow viscous injuries after a blunt abdominal trauma: the influence of diagnostic and therapeutic delay and the predictive role of BIPS

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Andrea Mingoli, Gioia Brachini, Marco La Torre, Bruno Cirillo and Paolo Sapienza declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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The research was undertaken according to the Italian Privacy Laws concerning collection, storage, and analysis of private data. A formal Institutional Research Ethics Board (Sapienza University and S. Giovanni Addolorata Hospital) approval was not required because of the noninterventional, retrospective, and anonymous study design.

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Mingoli, A., Brachini, G., La Torre, M. et al. Clinical outcomes of patients with hollow viscous injuries after a blunt abdominal trauma: the influence of diagnostic and therapeutic delay and the predictive role of BIPS. Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg 45, 939–940 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00068-018-1007-7

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