Abdominal cocoon in children: A report of four cases

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 987-988

  Sahoo, S P ^a   Gangopadhyay, A N ^a,b   Gupta, D K ^a   Gopal, S C ^a   Sharma, S P ^a   Dash, R N ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Abdominal cocoon; intestinal obstruction; peritoneal encapsulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENCAPSULATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PERITONEUM ADHESION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029901859     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3468(96)90431-5     Document Type: Article

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