Transgastric migration of a surgical sponge

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 55-57

  Menteş, B Bülent ^a   Yilmaz, Erdal ^a   Şen, Meral ^a   Kayhan, Burçak ^a   Görgül, Ahmet ^a   Tatlicioǧlu, Ertan ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONGE; STOMACH;

CHOLECYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; STOMACH; SURGICAL SPONGES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031026918     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-199701000-00013     Document Type: Article

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