The evolving management of blunt hepatic trauma in a rural setting

American Surgeon

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-48

  Somasundar, Ponnandai S ^a   Mucha, Peter ^a   McFadden, David W ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 1542288706     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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