Computed tomographic evidence of hepatic portal venous gas after blunt abdominal trauma does not necessitate surgery

American Surgeon

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 335-337

  Vercruysse, Gary A ^a   Adams, Sasha D ^b   Feliciano, David V ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER HILUS; MORTALITY; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VENOUS OXYGEN TENSION;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADULT; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; PORTAL VEIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 41749096814     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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