Iatrogenic splenic injury in postoperative patients: A series of case reports

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 109-113

  Gayer, Gabriela ^a,b   Galperin Aizenberg, Maya ^a,b  

^a ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Postoperative complications; Spleen; Splenic infarct

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SPLEEN INFARCTION; SPLEEN INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPLEEN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 39149099776     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-007-0669-y     Document Type: Article

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