Management of blunt injuries to the spleen

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 97, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1696-1703

  Renzulli, P ^a   Gross, T ^a   Schnuriger B ^a,b   Schoepfer, A M ^a,c   Inderbitzin, D ^a   Exadaktylos, A K ^a   Hoppe, H ^a   Candinas, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLUNT TRAUMA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPLEEN; SWITZERLAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPLEEN; SWITZERLAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78049410104     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.7203     Document Type: Article

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