Complications associated with embolization in the treatment of blunt splenic injury

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 476-482

  Wu, Shih Chi ^a,b   Chen, Ray Jade ^b   Yang, Albert D ^a   Tung, Cheng Cheng ^a   Lee, Kun Hua ^a  

^a CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SPLEEN ARTERY; SPLEEN INFARCTION; SPLEEN INJURY; SPLENECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLEEN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 39749119317     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-007-9322-x     Document Type: Article

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