US and CT evaluation of blunt abdominal injury
A Gligorievski, V Tolevska · Ultraschall in der Medizin - European Journal of Ultrasound · 2008 · Heft 05
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Purpose: Demonstration of the possibilities of ultrasound (US) and computed tomography (CT) in the early detection, continuous follow up and operative planning of blunt abdominal injuries (BAI). Material and methods: We report 137 cases of BAI, aged 17 to 67, 89 male, 48 female patients. US was performed within the first 24 hours after the trauma in all patients and according to the clinical development CT was performed in 93 of them. Results: The most frequent cause of BAI were traffic accidents, falls from a height and a blow with a blunt object in the abdominal area. At admission to hospital immediately after…