Penetrating injuries of the neck: Use of helical computed tomographic angiography

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 413-418

  Múnera, Felipe ^a   Cohn, Stephen ^b   Rivas, Luis A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiography; Computed tomographic angiography; Neck injuries; Trauma

Indexed keywords

BLEEDING; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; FACE FRACTURE; HEMATOMA; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; NECK INJURY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ANGIOGRAPHY; DECISION TREES; HUMANS; NECK INJURIES; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 13844266096     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000141892.07192.55     Document Type: Review

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