Age should not be a consideration for nonoperative management of blunt splenic injury

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 606-612

  Cocanour, Christine S ^a,b   Moore, Frederick A ^a   Ware, Drue N ^a   Marvin, Robert G ^a   Duke, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MSB 4148   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Nonoperative management; Splenic injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; BLUNT TRAUMA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPLEEN INJURY;

EID: 0034000560     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200004000-00005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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