Concomitant injuries are an important determinant of outcome of high-grade blunt hepatic trauma

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 104-110

  Schnuriger B ^a   Inderbitzin, D ^a   Schafer, M ^a   Kickuth, R ^a   Exadaktylos, A ^a   Candinas, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 58149479446     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.6439     Document Type: Article

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