Vena caval impalement: An unusual lawn mower injury in a child

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 537-540

  Munoz Juârez, Manuel ^a   Drugas, George T ^a   Hallett, John W ^a   Zietlow, Scott P ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PENETRATING TRAUMA; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FOREIGN BODY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0031776977     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/73.6.537     Document Type: Article

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