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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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