Blunt thoracic aortic injury: Delayed or early repair?

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 254-260

  Wahl, Wendy L ^a   Michaels, Andrew J ^c   Wang, Stewart C ^a   Dries, David J ^d   Taheri, Paul A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c LEGACY EMANUEL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d REGIONS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Blunt aortic injury; Cost; Management

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTA INJURY; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THORACIC AORTA; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; TIME; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0032793271     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199908000-00006     Document Type: Article

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