Coil-embolization of the splenic artery after a penetrating gunshot injury;Embolisation der milzarterie nach schussverletzung der milz

Swiss Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 87-91

  Schertler, Th ^a   Pfammatter, Th ^a   Eid, K ^a   Wildermuth, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Splenic injury; Transcatheter arterial embolization

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ANGIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; COIL EMBOLIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SPLEEN ARTERY; SPLEEN INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0037247538     PISSN: 10239332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1023-9332.9.2.87     Document Type: Article

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