Acute pseudo-obstruction of the colon as a postoperative complication of hip arthroplasty

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1642-1647

  Clarke, Henry D ^a   Berry, Daniel J ^a   Larson, Dirk R ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON DILATATION; COLON PERFORATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; NAUSEA; OGILVIE SYNDROME; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOMITING;

EID: 0030669623     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-199711000-00005     Document Type: Article

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