Gerota's fascia flap: A technique for autogenous packing in major liver injuries

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 720-721

  Catani, Marco ^a   De Milito, Ritanna ^b   Romagnoli, Francesco ^b   Modini, Claudio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gerota's fascia; Hepatic injury; Hepatic packing

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ABDOMINAL PACKING; ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ADULT; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CASE REPORT; DISEASE CONTROL; DISSECTION; FEMALE; GEROTA FASCIA FLAP; HEMOSTASIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LACERATION; LIVER HEMORRHAGE; LIVER INJURY; LUNG CONTUSION; MUSCLE FLAP; MUSCLE GRAFT; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RIB FRACTURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; BLEEDING; FASCIA; INJURY; LIVER; PLASTIC SURGERY;

ADULT; FASCIA; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HEMOSTATIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; LIVER; SURGICAL FLAPS; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 77957564558     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181e5d98e     Document Type: Article

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