Concomitant blunt enteric injuries with injuries of the liver and spleen: A dilemma for trauma surgeons

American Surgeon

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 221-225

  Kemmeter, Paul R ^a   Hoedema, Rebecca E ^a   Foote, James A ^a   Scholten, Donald J ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; INTESTINE; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLEEN; STATISTICS; TIME; TRAUMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTESTINES; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER; MALE; MICHIGAN; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLEEN; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0035287446     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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