Laparoscopy: The ultimate diagnostic tool for a bleeding Meckel's diverticulum

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 223-224

  Crosthwaite, Gary L ^a,b   Leather, Andrew J M ^a  

^a KENT AND CANTERBURY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

laparoscopy; Meckel's diverticulum

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MECKEL DIVERTICULUM; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; STOMACH MUCOSA;

EID: 0030996318     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1997.tb01948.x     Document Type: Article

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