Usefulness of CT reconstructed pictures for diaphragmatic rupture after blunt trauma

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 198, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 666-667

  Trésallet, Christophe ^a   Menegaux, Fabrice ^a   Izzillo, Reynald ^a   Nguyen Thanh, Quang ^a   Cardot, Vincent ^a   Chigot, Jean Paul ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAPHRAGM RUPTURE; DYSPNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; HERNIA; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SPLENECTOMY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; DIAPHRAGM; HUMANS; MALE; RUPTURE; SPLENIC RUPTURE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 1842609927     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2003.06.010     Document Type: Article

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