Splenic Artery Embolization in Blunt Trauma

Semin intervent Radiol 2012; 29(02): 147-149
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1312577

How I Do It

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Brian F. Imbrogno

¹Department of Radiology, University of Colorado, Denver Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado

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Charles E. Ray Jr.

¹Department of Radiology, University of Colorado, Denver Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado

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