Splenic Preservation after Traumatic Rupture: A Remote Hospital Experience

International Surgery

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 304-308

  Hamour, Osman A ^a   Kashgari, Rashad H ^a   Al Harbi, Mohd A ^a   Azmi, A ^a  

^a Royal Commission Medical Centre   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Blunt injuries; Splenic rupture

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA; SPLEEN RUPTURE; SPLENECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAUDI ARABIA; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC RUPTURE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0030470553     PISSN: 00208868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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