A protocol for angiographic embolization in exsanguinating pelvic trauma: A report on 31 patients

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 462-468

  Tötterman, Anna ^a   Dormagen, Johann ^a   Madsen, Jan ^a   Kløw, Nils Einar ^a   Skaga, Nils ^a   Røise, Olav ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; HIP DISLOCATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; INTERNAL ILIAC ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIS INJURY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDIZATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745541603     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17453670610046406     Document Type: Article

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