TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Trauma to the Flank and Buttocks A1 - Devine, Alicia A2 - Tintinalli, Judith E. A2 - Stapczynski, J. Stephan A2 - Ma, O. John A2 - Yealy, Donald M. A2 - Meckler, Garth D. A2 - Cline, David M. PY - 2016 T2 - Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 8e AB - The number of serious retroperitoneal, intraperitoneal, or vascular injuries that can occur, many of which require operative repair, complicates the evaluation of penetrating injuries to the flank or buttocks. Imaging assists in diagnosis and can direct selective conservative management. The choice of management, conservative or operative, is based on the emergency evaluation, making the emergency physician's input essential to a correct decision and a clinically successful outcome. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/19 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1121495597 ER -