The role of ultrasonography in blunt abdominal trauma: A retrospective study

JK Practitioner

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 118-119

  Jehangir, Bakshi ^a   Bhat, Arshad H ^a   Nazir, Asifa ^b  

^a SMHS Hospital   (India)

^b SKIMS Soura ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Blunt Abdominal Trauma (BAT); Computerised Tomography (CT); Diagnostic peritoneal lavage (DPL); Ultrasound (USG)

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PELVIS INJURY; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0141570700     PISSN: 09718834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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