Obstructive ileus caused by a swallowed foreign body (a 'press-through' package) and preexisting adhesions

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 52-53

  Imaizumi, Hitoshi ^a   Yamauchi, Masanori ^a   Namiki, Akiyoshi ^a   Takahashi, Hiromi ^b   Hatakeyama, Kaneshige ^b  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Kitami Red Cross Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

'press through' package (PTP); Foreign body; obstructive ileus; preexisting intestinal adhesions

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FOREIGN BODY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; ILEOCECAL VALVE; ILEUS; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE STENOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0031013498     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-6757(97)90048-6     Document Type: Article

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