The need for early angiographic embolization in blunt liver injuries

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1097-1101

  Wahl, Wendy L ^a   Ahrns, Karla S ^a   Brandt, Mary Margaret ^a   Franklin, Glen A ^a   Taheri, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiography; Blunt liver injury; Embolization

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; EXTRAVASATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LIVER ANGIOGRAPHY; LIVER HEMORRHAGE; LIVER INJURY; LIVER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0036084240     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200206000-00012     Document Type: Article

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