Liver Injury
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Liver Injury Underlying Cause
Causes of liver injury include:
Altercations
Automobile accident
Falls
Gunshot wound
Sports injury
Stab wound
Types of liver injury include:
Liver
contusion
:
Bruising of the liver
Liver
laceration
:
Cut
to the liver
Liver rupture:
Bursting injury of the liver
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Liver Injury Types
Related Topics:
Abdominal injury
Bladder injury
Kidney injury
Spleen injury
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Abdominal injury
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Last Updated: Nov 11, 2008
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Liver Injury References:
Gonzalez RP, Han M, Turk B, Luterman A. Screening for abdominal injury prior to emergent extra-abdominal trauma surgery: a prospective study. J Trauma. 2004 Oct;57(4):739-41.
Keller MS. Blunt injury to solid abdominal organs. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2004 May;13(2):106-11.
Poletti PA, Mirvis SE, Shanmuganathan K, Takada T, Killeen KL, Perlmutter D, Hahn J, Mermillod B. Blunt abdominal trauma patients: can organ injury be excluded without performing computed tomography? J Trauma. 2004 Nov;57(5):1072-81.
Sato M, Yoshii H. Reevaluation of ultrasonography for solid-organ injury in blunt abdominal trauma. J Ultrasound Med. 2004 Dec;23(12):1583-96.
