Recent advances in management of female lower urinary tract trauma

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 279-284

  Hartanto, Victor H ^a   Nitti, Victor W ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder injury; Female; Lower urinary tract; Pelvic fractures; Urethral injury

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ALGORITHM; BLUNT TRAUMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PELVIS INJURY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; URETHRA INJURY; URINARY TRACT INJURY;

ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0041866670     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042307-200307000-00003     Document Type: Review

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