Angiography for blunt splenic trauma does not improve the success rate of nonoperative management

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 44-49

  Harbrecht, Brian G ^b   Ko, Sae Hee ^a   Watson, Gregory A ^a   Forsythe, Raquel M ^a   Rosengart, Matthew R ^a   Peitzman, Andrew B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiography; Blunt force trauma; Spleen trauma; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCORE; ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPLEEN ARTERY; SPLEEN INJURY; STUDENT T TEST; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLEEN; SPLENIC ARTERY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 34447341219     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3180686531     Document Type: Article

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