Gunshot injuries to the liver: The role of selective nonoperative management

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 188, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 343-348

  Demetriades, Demetrios ^a   Gomez, Hugo ^a   Chahwan, Santiago ^a   Charalambides, Kyriakos ^a   Velmahos, George ^a   Murray, James ^a   Asensio, Juan ^a   Berne, Thomas V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; LIVER INJURY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032927775     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1072-7515(98)00315-9     Document Type: Article

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