title: 'Emergency room' thoracotomy: is it ever justified?
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St Thomas' Hospital, London.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Roxburgh
mesh_terms: D004630:Emergencies; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010360:Patient Transfer; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods*; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000601:surgery*