Adult blunt hepatic injury: A Western Trauma Association critical decisions algorithm.

J Trauma Acute Care Surg

From the Division of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery (N.K.), Banner University Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona; University of California (D.V.S.), Davis, Sacramento, California; Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Souther

Published: January 2024


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