The Role of Follow-up Radiographic Studies in Nonoperative Management of Spleen Trauma

American Surgeon

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 22-25

  Uecker, John ^a   Pickett, Creighton ^a   Dunn, Ernest ^a  

^a METHODIST DALLAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; SPLEEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPLEEN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0035234404     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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