The management of blunt liver injuries

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 609-616

  Strong, Russell W ^a  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blunt trauma; Education; Liver injury

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; LIVER INJURY; LIVER SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

HUMANS; LIVER; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0032786951     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1622.1999.01645.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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