Admission angiography for blunt splenic injury: advantages and pitfalls

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1161-1165

  Haan, James ^a   Scott, Jane ^a   Boyd Kranis, Robin L ^a   Ho, Shiu ^a   Kramer, Mary ^a   Scalea, Thomas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiography; Nonoperative management; Splenic injury

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ANGIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLUNT TRAUMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALVAGE THERAPY; SCREENING TEST; SPLEEN INJURY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLEEN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0035676489     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200112000-00023     Document Type: Article

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