Splenic embolization for splenic laceration in a patient with mononucleosis

American Surgeon

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 149-151

  Sweat, Jeffrey A ^a   Dort, Jonathan M ^a,b   Smith, R Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

^b Division of Trauma   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; HEMOGLOBIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; INTENSIVE CARE; SPLEEN RUPTURE; SPLENOMEGALY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ADOLESCENT; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; LACERATIONS; SPLEEN; SPLENOMEGALY;

EID: 40949088503     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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