Trauma of Children

University of Michigan Pediatric Trauma Program is one of 13 Level I Pediatric Trauma Centers in the United States.

Suggested readings authored by the University of Michigan, Section of Pediatric Surgery

  1. Krupnick AS, Teitelbaum DH, Geiger JD, Strouse PJ, Cox CS, Blane CE, Polley TZ Jr.: Use of abdominal ultrasonography to assess pediatric splenic trauma: Potential pitfalls in the diagnosis. Annals of Surgery 225(4): 408-414, 1997.
  2. Gerndt SJ, Conley JL, Lowell MJ, Holmes J, Marsh E, Larin LR, Taheri PA and Polley TZ Jr.: Pre-hospital classification combined with an in-hospital trauma radio system response reduces cost and duration of evaluation of the injured patient. Surgery, 118: 789-796, 1995.
  3. Pranikoff T, Hirschl RB, Schlesinger A, Polley TZ, Jr., Coran AG: Resolution of Splenic Injury after Non-operative Management. J Ped Surg 29:1366-1369, 1994.
  4. Polley TZ Jr., Coran AG: Special problems in management of pediatric trauma. Critical Care Clinics 2(4): 775-89, 1986.
  5. Drongowski RA, Coran AG, Maio RF, Polley TZ Jr.: Trauma scores, accident deformity codes and car restraints in children. J Ped Surg 28:1072-1075, 1993.
  6. Golladay ES, Murphy KE Jr., Wagner CW: Shotgun Injuries in Pediatric Patients. South Med J 84:886-888, 1991.
  7. Delius R, Frankel W and Coran AG: A comparison between operative and nonoperative management of blunt injuries to the liver and spleen in adult and pediatric patients. Surgery 106 (4): 788-793, 1989.

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