Clinical importance of the "seat belt sign" in blunt trauma to the neck

American Surgeon

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 441-445

  DiPerna, Costanzo A ^a   Rowe, Vincent L ^a,b   Terramani, Thomas T ^a   Salim, Ali ^a   Hood, Douglas B ^a   Velmahos, George C ^a   Weaver, Fred A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NECK INJURY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SEATBELT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; ECHOGRAPHY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; CAROTID ARTERY INJURIES; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; MALE; NECK INJURIES; SEAT BELTS; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0036580822     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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