A prospective study on the safety and efficacy of angiographic embolization for pelvic and visceral injuries.

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Published in J Trauma on August 01, 2002

Authors

George C Velmahos1, Konstantinos G Toutouzas, Pantelis Vassiliu, Grant Sarkisyan, Linda S Chan, Sue H Hanks, Thomas V Berne, Demetrios Demetriades

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care, University of Southern California, and the Los Angeles County and University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA. velmahos@usc.edu

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