Predictability of splenic salvage by computed tomography

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 24-34

  Buntain, William L ^a   Gould, Howard R ^a   Maull, Kimball I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0023702563     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-198801000-00004     Document Type: Article

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