Nonoperative management of blunt splenic trauma: A multicenter experience

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 1989, Pages 1312-1317

  Cogbill, Thomas H ^a   Moore, Ernest E ^b   Jurkovich, Gregory J ^c   Morris, John A ^d   Mucha, Peter ^e   Shackford, Steven R ^f   Stolee, Randel T ^a   Moore, Frederick A ^b   Pilcher, Susan ^c   Locicero, Richard ^d   Farnell, Michael B ^e   Molin, Melinda ^f  

^a GUNDERSEN LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^f UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCINTIGRAPHY; SPLEEN INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL TRIALS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MULTICENTER STUDIES; SPLEEN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0024432598     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-198910000-00002     Document Type: Article

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