Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 7 , Pages 1404-1412 , July 2010

Pediatric vs adult vascular trauma: a National Trauma Databank review

  • Galinos Barmparas

      Affiliations

    • Division of Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Kenji Inaba

      Affiliations

    • Division of Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Division of Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, University of Southern California, USC+LAC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA. Tel.: +1 323 409 9597; fax: +1 323 441 9907.
    • ,
  • Peep Talving

      Affiliations

    • Division of Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Jean-Stephane David

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Lyon-Sud Hospital, Hospices Civilis de Lyon (HCL) and Claude Bernard University, Lyon, France
    • ,
  • Lydia Lam

      Affiliations

    • Division of Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    • ,
  • David Plurad

      Affiliations

    • Division of Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Donald Green

      Affiliations

    • Division of Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Demetrios Demetriades

      Affiliations

    • Division of Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Received 7 August 2009 ,Revised 17 September 2009 ,Accepted 19 September 2009.

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PII: S0022-3468(09)00730-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2009.09.017

Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 7 , Pages 1404-1412 , July 2010

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