Diagnosis of bowel injuries from blunt abdominal trauma: Our experience

European Journal of Trauma

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 220-227

  Vidmar, Dubravka ^a   Pleskovic, Alojz ^a   Tonin, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Blunt abdominal trauma; Bowel injury; Diagnosis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE INJURY; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; PERITONEAL FLUID; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; PERITONITIS; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEATBELT; SURGICAL WARD; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0042360158     PISSN: 14390590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00068-003-1260-1     Document Type: Article

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