Massive Abdominal Wall Hemorrhage from Injury to the Inferior Epigastric Artery: A Retrospective Review

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 327-332

  Sobkin, Paul R ^a   Bloom, Allan I ^a   Wilson, Mark W ^b   LaBerge, Jeanne M ^a   Hastings, Geoff S ^d   Gordon, Roy L ^a   Brody, Lynn A ^a   Sawhney, Rajiv ^c   Kerlan Jr , Robert K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABDOMINAL BLEEDING; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLUNT TRAUMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC ARTERY INJURY; INJECTION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PARACENTESIS; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAB WOUND; SURGICAL INJURY;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DRAINAGE; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; EPIGASTRIC ARTERIES; FEMALE; HEMOPERITONEUM; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARACENTESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 39449083617     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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