Indications for nonoperative management of renal stab wounds

Journal of Urology

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 768-771

  Armenakas, Noel A ^a,b   Duckett, C Pace ^a   McAninch, Jack W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LENOX HILL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Kidney; Wounds, stab

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAPHRAGM INJURY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY INJURY; KIDNEY SURGERY; LIVER INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PLEURA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPLEEN INJURY; STAB WOUND; STAGING; THORAX INJURY; TREATMENT INDICATION; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0032854439     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)61763-4     Document Type: Article

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