Superior mesenteric venous injuries: To ligate or to repair remains the question

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 668-675

  Asensio, Juan A ^a,b   Petrone, Patrizio ^a   Garcia Nuñez, Luis ^a   Healy, Matthew ^a   Martin, Matthew ^a   Kuncir, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Injuries; Ligation; Primary repair; Superior mesenteric vein

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MORTALITY; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC VEIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN AREA; VEIN INJURY; VEIN LIGATION; VEIN RECONSTRUCTION;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADULT; BLOOD VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LIGATION; MALE; MESENTERIC VEINS; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACIC INJURIES; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34147172700     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000210434.56274.7f     Document Type: Article

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