Predicting hollow viscus injury in blunt abdominal trauma with computed tomography

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 123-126

  Bhagvan, Savitha ^a   Turai, Matthew ^a   Holden, Andrew ^a   Ng, Alexander ^a   Civil, Ian ^a  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INJURY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISCERA;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VISCERA; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 84871762510     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-012-1798-3     Document Type: Article

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