Preoperative sonographic diagnosis of sealed-off perforated gastric ulcer

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 269-271

  Tsai, Kuang Chau ^a   Wang, Hsiu Po ^a   Huang, Guang Tang ^a   Wang, Shih Ming ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Helicobacter pylori; Perforated peptic ulcer; Pneumoperitoneum; Preoperative diagnosis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; STOMACH PERFORATION; STOMACH ULCER; SURGICAL APPROACH;

HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIC ULCER PERFORATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; STOMACH ULCER;

EID: 0031804241     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0096(199806)26:5<269::AID-JCU8>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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