Management of blunt pediatric hepatic and splenic injury: Similar process, different outcome

American Surgeon

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1068-1072

  Paddock, Heather N ^a   Tepas III, Joseph J ^a   Ramenofsky, Max L ^b   Vane, Dennis W ^c   Discala, Carla ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^d TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; LIVER; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLEEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LIVER; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLEEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 13844314286     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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