Air following splenic embolization: Infection or incidental finding?

American Surgeon

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1036-1039

  Haan, James ^a,b   Bochicchio, Grant ^a   Kramer, Mary ^a   Scalea, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b R ADAMS COWLEY SHOCK TRAUMA CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR EMBOLISM; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLOSTRIDIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; SPLEEN INFARCTION; SPLENECTOMY; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; EMPHYSEMA; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLEEN; SPLENIC INFARCTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUND INFECTION; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 13644270792     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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