Concomitant blunt splenic and hepatic injuries with simultaneous contrast pooling managed with angiographic embolization

Chang Gung Medical Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 617-621

  Hsu, Yu Pao ^a   Fang, Jen Feng ^b   Lin, Being Chuan ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Blunt hepatic injury; Blunt splenic injury; Contrast pooling; Embolization

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLUNT TRAUMA; CASE REPORT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; IMMOBILIZATION; INTENSIVE CARE; LIVER INJURY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RIB FRACTURE; SPINE FRACTURE; SPLEEN INJURY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VASCULAR LESION;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; SPLEEN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 33847013681     PISSN: 02558270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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