Conservative management of a spleen trauma using radiofrequency

Annali Italiani di Chirurgia

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 559-561

  Stella, Mattia ^b,c   Percivale, Andrea ^a   Pasqualini, Massimo ^a   Pittaluga, Michele ^a   Gandolfo, Nicola ^a   Pellicci, Riccardo ^a  

^a Department of Surgery and Radiology ^*

^b SANTA CORONA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Radiofrequency; Spleen; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; SPLEEN; SPLEEN RUPTURE;

ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; HUMANS; MALE; SPLEEN; SPLENIC RUPTURE; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 33748030435     PISSN: 2239253X     EISSN: 2239253X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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