Injuries of the gastrointestinal tract from blunt trauma in children: A 12-year experience at a designated pediatric trauma center

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 234-240

  Canty, Timothy G ^a,b,e   Brown, Carlos ^c,d  

^a Pediatric Surgery Division   (United States)

^b RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blunt abdominal trauma; GI tract injury in children

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0344492720     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199902000-00005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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