Evaluation of major trauma in elderly patients – a single trauma center analysis

Samo Kocuvan1, Drago Brilej1, Domen Stropnik1, Rolf Lefering2, Radko Komadina1
1Trauma Department, General and Teaching Hospital Celje, Celje, Slovakia
2Institut für Forschung in der operativen Medizin, Fakultät für Gesundheit, Universität Witten/Herdecke, Cologne, Germany

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