Blunt injury of the infrarenal inferior vena cava - Imaging and conservative management

South African Journal of Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 20-21

  Duncan, Ian C ^a   Sher, Basil J ^a   Fingleson, Leslie M ^a  

^a Sunninghill Hospital   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLUNT TRAUMA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RESUSCITATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN INJURY;

HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RUPTURE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 17644367084     PISSN: 00382361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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