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  1. Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Adam J. Brooks MB, ChB, FRCS (Gen Surg), DMCC, RAMC(V) & C. William Schwab MD, FACS, FRCS (Glasg)

  2. Division of Traumatology and Surgical Critical Care, Hospital University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Adam J. Brooks MB, ChB, FRCS (Gen Surg), DMCC, RAMC(V)

  3. Trauma Services, Auckland Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand

    Ian Civil MBE, ED, MB ChB, FRACS, FACS

  4. Division of Traumatology and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Benjamin Braslow MD

  5. Division of Traumatology and Surgical Critical Care, University Hospital Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    C. William Schwab MD, FACS, FRCS (Glasg)

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  1. Defense Medical Service and Leonard Cheshire Centre, London, UK

    Peter F. Mahoney OStJ, TD, MSc, MB BS, FRCA, FFARCSI, FIMC RCSEd, DMCC, RAMC

  2. Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, UK

    Peter F. Mahoney OStJ, TD, MSc, MB BS, FRCA, FFARCSI, FIMC RCSEd, DMCC, RAMC  & James M. Ryan OStJ, MB, BCh, BAO, MCh, FRCS, DMCC, FFAEM  & 

  3. Academic Division of Surgical Specialities, London, UK

    Peter F. Mahoney OStJ, TD, MSc, MB BS, FRCA, FFARCSI, FIMC RCSEd, DMCC, RAMC  & James M. Ryan OStJ, MB, BCh, BAO, MCh, FRCS, DMCC, FFAEM  & 

  4. Leonard Cheshire Centre, London, UK

    James M. Ryan OStJ, MB, BCh, BAO, MCh, FRCS, DMCC, FFAEM

  5. Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Adam J. Brooks MB, ChB, FRCS (Gen Surg), DMCC, RAMC(V)  & C. William Schwab MD, FACS, FRCS (Glasg)  & 

  6. Division of Traumatology and Surgical Critical Care, Hospital University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Adam J. Brooks MB, ChB, FRCS (Gen Surg), DMCC, RAMC(V)  & C. William Schwab MD, FACS, FRCS (Glasg)  & 

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Brooks, A.J., Civil, I., Braslow, B., Schwab, C.W. (2005). Abdomen and Pelvis. In: Mahoney, P.F., Ryan, J.M., Brooks, A.J., William Schwab, C. (eds) Ballistic Trauma. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-84628-060-5_14

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