Stab wounds to the back/flank in hemodynamically stable patients: Evaluation using triple-contrast computed tomography

American Surgeon

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 683-688

  Albrecht, Roxie M ^a   Vigil, Anthony ^a   Schermer, Carol R ^a   Demarest III, Gerald B ^a   Davis, Victor H ^a   Fry, Donald E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ALGORITHM; COLON INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAPHRAGM INJURY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESOCOLON; PSOAS MUSCLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAB WOUND;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; BACK INJURIES; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 0033028886     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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