Management of blunt hepatic and splenic trauma in a Greek level I trauma centre

Acta Chirurgica Belgica

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 566-571

  Markogiannakis, H ^a,b,c   Sanidas, E ^a   Messaris, E ^b   Michalakis, I ^a   Kasotakis, G ^a   Melissas, J ^a   Tsiftsis, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Blunt abdominal trauma; ICISS; Injury grade; Liver injury; Non operative management; Splenic injury

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751246745     PISSN: 00015458     EISSN: 25770160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015458.2006.11679953     Document Type: Review

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