Seat-belt aorta: A rare injury associated with blunt abdominal trauma

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 681-683

  Lalancette, Mathieu ^a   Scalabrini, Bertrand ^a   Martinet, Olivier ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA INJURY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; INTIMA; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAT BELT AORTA; VERTEBRA;

EID: 33845642143     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10016-006-9058-3     Document Type: Article

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