Splenic Trauma: What is New?

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 105-122

  Boscak, Alexis ^a   Shanmuganathan, Kathirkamanthan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiography; Computed tomography; Embolization; Spleen; Trauma; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLEEDING; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM EXTRAVASATION; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPLEEN ABSCESS; SPLEEN HEMATOMA; SPLEEN INFARCTION; SPLEEN INJURY; SPLEEN SURGERY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREND STUDY;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADULT; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LACERATIONS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; SPLEEN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 81455143614     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: 15578275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2011.08.008     Document Type: Review

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