Small bowel volvulus: A common cause of mechanical intestinal obstruction in our region

European Journal of Surgery

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 51-55

  Gürleyik, Emin ^a,b   Gürleyik, Günay ^a  

^a HAYDARPASA NUMUNE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bowel necrosis; Intestinal obstruction; Small bowel; Strangulation; Volvulus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE MALROTATION; INTESTINE NECROSIS; INTESTINE VOLVULUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECKEL DIVERTICULUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY;

EID: 0031936991     PISSN: 11024151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/110241598750004959     Document Type: Article

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