Blunt Renal Traumas: Contribution of Spiral CT with Three Dimensional Reconstruction to the Surgical Decision Process?

International Surgery

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 377-381

  Michel, L A ^a,b   Lacrosse, M ^a   Decanniere L ^a   Lorge, F ^a   Rosiere A ^a   Vandenobossche, P ^a   Trigaux, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF MONT GODINNE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Abdominal surgery; Computed tomography; Kidney; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KIDNEY INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY; RADIOLOGIST; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SPLEEN INJURY; SURGEON; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KIDNEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPLEEN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0030430925     PISSN: 00208868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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