Progressive splenomegaly following splenic artery embolization

American Surgeon

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 437-439

  Runyan, Bratcher L ^a   Smith, R Stephen ^a,b   Osland, Jacqueline S ^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

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLEEDING; BLUNT TRAUMA; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DYSPNEA; FOLLOW UP; HEMODYNAMICS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; SPLEEN ARTERY; SPLEEN HEMATOMA; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; HEMATOMA; INJURY; INTRACTABLE PAIN; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SPLEEN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC ARTERY; SPLENOMEGALY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 44649141329     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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