Management of severe blunt liver injuries

Kurume Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 227-231

  Araki, Tsunetoshi ^a   Kaku, Nobuo ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blunt liver injury; Non surgical treatment; TAE

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLUNT TRAUMA; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INJURY; LIVER; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; HEMOSTASIS; HUMANS; LIVER; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0035237020     PISSN: 00235679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2739/kurumemedj.48.227     Document Type: Article

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