Aberrant obturator artery is a common arterial variant that may be a source of unidentified hemorrhage in pelvic fracture patients

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 366-372

  Requarth, Jay A ^a   Miller, Preston R ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiography; Blunt abdominal trauma; Contrast extravasation; Pelvic fracture; Transcatheter embolization

Indexed keywords

ABERRANT OBTURATOR ARTERY; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; EPIGASTRIC ARTERY; EXTRAVASATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIS ANGIOGRAPHY; PELVIS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; MALE; PELVIC BONES; PELVIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 79951667820     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3182050613     Document Type: Article

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