Management of adult blunt splenic injuries: Comparison between level i and level ii trauma centers

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 232-239

  Harbrecht, Brian G ^a,b   Zenati, Mazen S ^a   Ochoa, Juan B ^a   Townsend, Ricard N ^a   Puyana, Juan C ^a   Wilson, Mark A ^a,b   Peitzman, Andrew B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0842286511     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2003.10.007     Document Type: Article

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