Successful endovascular management of a traumatic aortic rupture in a pediatric patient: Case report and literature review

Ulusal Travma ve Acil Cerrahi Dergisi

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 84-86

  Menini Stahlschmidt, Carla Martinez ^a   Von Bahten, Luiz Carlos ^a   Leal Nicoluzzi, Joao Eduardo ^a   Corvello, Alexander ^a   Stahlschmidt, Fabio Lucio ^a   Guimaraes, Fabiano ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITÁRIO CAJURU   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blunt trauma; Pediatric trauma; Traumatic aortic rupture

Indexed keywords

AORTA RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FALSE ANEURYSM; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKULL FRACTURE; STENT; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ANEURYSM, FALSE; AORTIC RUPTURE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CHILD; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MOTORCYCLES; RECURRENCE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 74549207681     PISSN: 1306696X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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