The liver bag: Report of a new technique for treating severe, exsanguinating hepatic injuries

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 884-886

  Sattler, Scott ^a   Gentilello, Larry M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HEMOSTASIS; HEPATIC VEIN; HUMAN; LIVER HEMORRHAGE; LIVER INJURY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRICUSPID VALVE;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMORRHAGE; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 7244225182     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000056844.14140.E0     Document Type: Article

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