Angiographic embolization for pelvic fractures in older patients

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 139, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 728-733

  Kimbrell, Brian J ^a   Velmahos, George C ^a,b   Chan, Linda S ^a   Demetriades, Demetrios ^a   Jurkovich, Gregory J ^c   Weigelt, John A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLEEDING; BLUNT TRAUMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIS FRACTURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEUM; SCHOOL CHILD;

AGE FACTORS; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC BONES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 3042819737     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.139.7.728     Document Type: Article

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