Acute visceral ischemia occurring subsequent to blunt abdominal trauma: Potential culpability of median arcuate ligament compression

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 404-406

  Schreiber, John P ^a   Angle, J Fritz ^a   Matsumoto, Alan H ^a   Young, Jeffrey S ^a   Hagspiel, Klaus D ^a   Spinosa, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LIGAMENT INJURY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX DRAINAGE;

EID: 0031657085     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199808000-00039     Document Type: Conference Paper

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