Treatment of penetrating hepatic injuries: A retrospective analysis of 50 patients

European Surgical Research

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 174-180

  Gonullu, D ^a   Koksoy, F N ^a   Ilgun, S ^a   Demiray, O ^a   Yucel, O ^a   Yucel, T ^b  

^a ISTANBUL TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b SAKARYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Computerized tomography; Injury severity score; Nonoperative therapy; Nontherapeutic laparotomy; Penetrating hepatic injuries; Revised trauma score; Therapeutic laparotomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEMOSTATIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TURKEY; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; WOUNDS, STAB; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59549097121     PISSN: 0014312X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000200167     Document Type: Article

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