Operative management and outcomes in 103 AAST-OIS grades IV and V complex hepatic injuries: Trauma surgeons still need to operate, but angioembolization helps

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 647-654

  Asensio, Juan A ^a   Roldín, Gustavo ^a   Petrone, Patrizio ^a   Rojo, Esther ^a   Tillou, Areti ^a   Kuncir, Eric ^a   Demetriades, Demetrios ^a   Velmahos, George ^a   Murray, James ^a   Shoemaker, William C ^a   Berne, Thomas V ^a   Chan, Linda ^a  

^a LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

AAST OIS; Angioembolization; Complex hepatic injuries; Surgical management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLEEDING; FEMALE; HEPATIC VEIN; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LIVER INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACOTOMY; TRAUMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0037885020     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000054647.59217.BB     Document Type: Article

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