The use of ultrasound to differentiate rectus sheath hematoma from other acute abdominal disorders

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1129-1134

  Klingler, P J ^a   Wetscher, G ^b   Glaser, K ^b   Tschmelitsch, J ^b   Schmid, T ^b   Hinder, R A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Department of Surgery ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

Acute abdomen; Rectus sheath hematoma; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; RECTUS SHEATH HEMATOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECTAL DISEASES;

EID: 0032703694     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004649901188     Document Type: Article

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