The association between chance fractures and intra-abdominal injuries revisited: A multicenter review

American Surgeon

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 434-438

  Tyroch, Alan H ^a   McGuire, Emmett L ^b   McLean, Susan F ^a   Kozar, Rosemary A ^c   Gates, Keith A ^c   Kaups, Krista L ^d   Cook, Charles ^e   Cowgill, Sarah M ^e   Griswold, John A ^f   Sue, Larry A ^g   Craun, Michael L ^b   Price, Jan ^h  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^g San Jose Medical Center   (United States)

^h Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ABDOMINAL WALL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; SPINE FRACTURE; VERTEBRA BODY; ARTICLE; INCIDENCE; INJURY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; VERTEBRA;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 22344452941     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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