Outcome of the acute abdomen in patients with previous spinal cord injury

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 407-411

  Miller, Brian J ^a,b   Geraghty, Timothy J ^a   Wong, Chi Hong ^a   Hall, David F ^a   Cohen, Jon R ^a  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute abdomen; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ABDOMEN, ACUTE; COMPLICATION;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035403943     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1622.2001.02146.x     Document Type: Article

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