Intraoperative localization of small intestinal bleeding in an infant by methylene blue injection: A case report

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 754-755

  Mazziotti, Mark V ^a   Muldowney, Sean ^a   Darcy, Michael ^a   Hackett, Brian P ^a   Skinner, Michael A ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiography; Gastrointestinal bleeding; Methylene blue

Indexed keywords

METHYLENE BLUE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE DISEASE; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0031924586     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3468(98)90209-3     Document Type: Article

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