Hepatic trauma: CT findings and considerations based on our experience in emergency diagnostic imaging

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 59-66

  Romano, Luigia ^a   Giovine, Sabrina ^a   Guidi, Guido ^a   Tortora, Giovanni ^a   Cinque, Teresa ^a   Romano, Stefania ^a,b  

^a CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Department of Radiology ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Abdominal emergency; Abdominal trauma; Computed Tomography; Hepatic trauma; Liver; Traumatic injury

Indexed keywords

FLUIDICS; FRACTURE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HOSPITALS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PULMONARY DISEASES; SURGERY;

HEPATIC TRAUMA; MORTALITY;

RADIOLOGY;

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; AVULSION INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTUSION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FALSE ANEURYSM; HEMATOTHORAX; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; KIDNEY INJURY; LACERATION; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER HEMATOMA; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LUNG CONTUSION; MORTALITY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RIB FRACTURE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 1842453325     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2003.11.015     Document Type: Article

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