Blunt popliteal artery injury: Is physical examination alone enough for evaluation?

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 541-544

  Gable, Dennis R ^a   Allen, Jeffrey W ^a   Richardson, J David ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEURYSM; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; KNEE DISLOCATION; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPLITEAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION;

EID: 0030770545     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199709000-00029     Document Type: Article

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