Nonoperative management of blunt renal trauma: A prospective study

American Surgeon

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1097-1103

  Toutouzas, Konstantinos G ^a   Karaiskakis, Marios ^a   Kaminski, Anna ^a   Velmahos, George C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY INJURY; KIDNEY SURGERY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT FAILURE; ULTRASOUND; BLUNT TRAUMA; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; KIDNEY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; KIDNEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0036988472     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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