Ultrasonography and computed tomography reduce unnecessary surgery in abdominal rectus sheath haematoma

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1295-1297

  Moreno Gallego, A ^a,b   Aguayo, J L ^a   Flores, B ^a   Soria, T ^a   Hernandez Q ^a   Ortiz, S ^a   Gonzalez Costea R ^a   Parrilla, P ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

^b c/o Maestro Javier Paulino T ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR DISEASES; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 9844247561     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800840928     Document Type: Article

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