How interventional radiology changed the practice of a trauma surgeon.
Trauma Surgery, with the assistance of advanced technology especially in Imaging (formerly Radiology), enables it to have patient management approaching John Hunter's ideal of treatment by stratagem rather than the "force" of an open operation.
Shaftan
Gerald W
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Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow, NY, USA. gwshaftan@worldnet.att.net
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