International Journal of Gerontology
Volume 3, Issue 1 , Pages 85-87 , March 2009

Non-Traumatic Ureteral Rupture Despite Initial Normal Appearance Assessed by Computed Tomography

  • Chien-Kan Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Hsinchu, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yu-Jang Su

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Yu-Jang Su, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, 92, Section 2, Chung-Shan North Road, Taipei 10449, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yen-Chun Lai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

,Accepted 22 January 2009.

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PII: S1873-9598(09)70025-0

doi: 10.1016/S1873-9598(09)70025-0

International Journal of Gerontology
Volume 3, Issue 1 , Pages 85-87 , March 2009

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