A rare laparoscopic diagnosis in acute abdominal pain: Torsion of epiploic appendix

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 456-458

  Mazza, Davide ^a   Fabiani, Pascal ^a   Casaccia, Marco ^a   Baldini, Edoardo ^a   Gugenheim, Jean ^a   Mouiel, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

Acute abdomen; Laparoscopy; Peritoneal disease

Indexed keywords

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; APPENDIX DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; TORSION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; CECAL DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TORSION;

EID: 0031456374     PISSN: 10517200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019509-199712000-00004     Document Type: Article

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