Non-Operative Management of Isolated Solid Organ Injuries Due to Blunt Abdominal Trauma in Children: A Fifteen-Year Experience

European Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 29-34

  Ozturk, Hayrettin ^a   Dokucu, A I ^a   Onen, A ^a   Otcu S ^a   Gedik, S ^a   Azal, O F ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hepatic trauma; Kidney trauma; Non operative trauma management; Paediatric trauma; Splenic trauma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLEEN; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 1642388289     PISSN: 09397248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-815777     Document Type: Review

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