Use of computed tomography in anterior abdominal stab wounds: Results of a prospective study

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 141, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 745-750

  Salim, Ali ^a,b   Sangthong, Burapat ^a   Martin, Matthew ^a   Brown, Carlos ^a   Plurad, David ^a   Inaba, Kenji ^a   Rhee, Peter ^a   Demetriades, Demetrios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAB WOUND;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 33747601095     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.141.8.745     Document Type: Article

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