Purposeful delay in the repair of a traumatic rupture of the aorta with coexistent liver injury

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 950-952

  Klena, James W ^a   Shweiki, Ehyal ^a   Woods, Edward L ^a   Indeck, Matthew ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER INJURY; LIVER LOBECTOMY; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOTOMY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AORTIC RUPTURE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THORACIC INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0032168792     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(98)00566-9     Document Type: Article

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