Anatomical considerations in the surgical management of blunt thoracic aortic injury

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 628-633

  Carter, Yvonne ^a   Meissner, Mark ^a   Bulger, Eileen ^a   Demirer, Seher ^a   Brundage, Susan ^a   Jurkovich, Gregory ^a   Borsa, John ^a   Mulligan, Michael S ^a   Karmy Jones, Riyad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANASTOMOSIS; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLASSIFICATION; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; LIGATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PARAPLEGIA; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; SURVIVAL; THORACIC AORTA; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC RUPTURE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONSTRICTION; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WASHINGTON; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0035489733     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mva.2001.117143     Document Type: Article

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