Management of a ruptured posttraumatic splenic pseudocyst: Case report

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 165-167

  Bravo, Jose L ^a   Mangalmurti, Chaitanya S ^a,b   Kowalak, Martha ^a  

^a Brackenridge Hospital   (United States)

^b St Joseph's Medical Center Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOCYST; SPLEEN CYST; SPLENECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0031841910     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199807000-00037     Document Type: Article

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