Computed tomography: An unreliable indicator of pancreatic trauma

American Surgeon

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 647-651

  Akhrass, Rami ^a,b   Kim, Kyung ^a   Brandt, Christopher ^a  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; INFANT; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS INJURY; PANCREAS RESECTION; RELIABILITY; SPLEEN INJURY; STAB WOUND;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADULT; AGED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 0030017386     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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