Renal trauma: When to wait and when to operate

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 138-141

  Nudell, David M ^a   Morey, Allen F ^a,b   McAninch, Jack W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLON INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EXTRAVASATION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS PYELOGRAPHY; KIDNEY INJURY; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; NEPHRECTOMY; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; STAGING;

EID: 0030796722     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042307-199705000-00003     Document Type: Short Survey

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