Splenic trauma: Choice of management

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 98-112

  Lucas, Charles E ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0026110185     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199102000-00002     Document Type: Article

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