Management of blunt hepatic injury in children: Usefulness of emergency transcatheter arterial embolization

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 19, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 29-34

  Ohtsuka, Y ^a   Iwasaki, K ^a   Okazumi, S ^a   Yoshida, H ^a   Matsunaga, T ^a   Kouchi, K ^a   Okada, T ^a   Ohnuma, N ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blunt hepatic injury; Children; Emergency; Transcatheter arterial embolization

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABDOMINAL ANGIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTERY CATHETER; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER HEMORRHAGE; LIVER INJURY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038177944     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-002-0889-x     Document Type: Review

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