Ureteral trauma: Patterns and mechanisms of injury of an uncommon condition

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 199, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 566-570

  Siram, Suryanarayana M ^a   Gerald, Sonja Z ^a   Greene, Wendy R ^a   Hughes, Kakra ^a   Oyetunji, Tolulope A ^a   Chrouser, Kristin ^b   Cornwell III, Edward E ^a   Chang, David C ^a,b,c  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

National Trauma Data Bank; Ureter; Ureteral trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER INJURY; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BLUNT TRAUMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTESTINE INJURY; KIDNEY INJURY; LARGE INTESTINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIS FRACTURE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL INTESTINE; URETER INJURY; URETHRA INJURY;

ADULT; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; PELVIS; RENAL ARTERY; RENAL VEINS; SPINAL INJURIES; UNITED STATES; URETER; URETERAL DISEASES; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 77949878782     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.11.001     Document Type: Article

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