Severe hepatic trauma: A multi-center experience with 1,335 liver injuries

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 1988, Pages 1433-1438

  Cogbill, Thomas H ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Moore, Ernest E ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Jurkovich, Gregory J ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Feliciano, David V ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Morris, John A ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Mucha, Peter ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}  

^a Surgery Department   (United States)

^b GUNDERSEN LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; LIVER INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFANT; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; THORACOTOMY; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0023724916     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-198810000-00004     Document Type: Article

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