Diagnosis of blunt rupture of the right hemidiaphragm by technetium scan

American Surgeon

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 761-765

  May, Addison K ^a,b   Moore, Marcia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAPHRAGM RUPTURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HERNIA; HUMAN; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; INTESTINE NECROSIS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; SCINTISCANNING; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; DIAPHRAGM; HUMANS; MALE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RUPTURE; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SULFUR COLLOID; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032788759     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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