Non-operative management of liver trauma

Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 85-95

  Swift, C ^a   Garner, J P ^a  

^a Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUNT TRAUMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; LIVER; PENETRATING TRAUMA; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LIVER; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 84866908988     PISSN: 00358665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jramc-158-02-04     Document Type: Review

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