Predictors of survival after inferior vena cava injuries

American Surgeon

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 178-183

  Ombrellaro, Mark P ^a   Freeman, Michael B ^a   Stevens, Scott L ^a   Diamond, Daniel L ^a   Goldman, Mitchell H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MALE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; SURVIVAL; VEIN GRAFT; VEIN INJURY; VEIN LIGATION; VEIN SURGERY;

ADULT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 0031037421     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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