Embolization therapy as an alternative to thoracotomy in vascular injuries of the chest wall

American Surgeon

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1142-1148

  Carrillo, Eddy H ^a,b   Heniford, B Todd ^a,b   Senler, Seyhan O ^a   Dykes, John R ^a,b   Maniscalco, Stephen P ^a,b   Richardson, J David ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GELFOAM; POLYURETHAN; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; SILICONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLEEDING; BLOOD VESSEL CATHETERIZATION; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMATOTHORAX; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; MALE; THORACOTOMY; THORAX INJURY; THORAX WALL; TREATMENT INDICATION; VASCULAR ACCESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; CATHETERIZATION; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HEMOTHORAX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACOTOMY; THORAX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 0031766215     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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