Traumatic aortic and diaphragmatic rupture in a patient with dextrocardia and situs inversus: Case report

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 397-399

  Kulick, David M ^a   Park, Soon J ^a   Harrison, Bernard S ^a   Shumway, Sara J ^a,b  

^a UNIV OF MINNESOTA HOSP AND CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA RUPTURE; AORTOGRAPHY; BLUNT TRAUMA; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEXTROCARDIA; DIAPHRAGM RUPTURE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITUS INVERSUS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0031680656     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199808000-00037     Document Type: Conference Paper

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