Bicycle handlebar injury in a nine-year old causing a common hepatic duct tear

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 180-181

  Orbell, James ^a   Welch, Catherine ^a   Goodwin, Andy ^a   Lagattolla, Nicholas R F ^a  

^a DORSET COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biliary T tube; Handlebar injury; Hepatic duct; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL INJURY; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; BILIARY PERITONITIS; CASE REPORT; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; HEMOPERITONEUM; HEPATIC DUCT; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER INJURY; MALE; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; T TUBE;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; BICYCLING; CHILD; HEPATIC DUCT, COMMON; HUMANS; MALE; PERITONITIS; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 33746603558     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mej.0000194403.53453.dd     Document Type: Article

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