Migration of wire mesh into the intestinal lumen causing an intestinal obstruction 30 years after repair of a ventral hernia

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 496-498

  Majeski, James ^a,b  

^a East Cooper Regional Medical Center ^*  (United States)

^b East Cooper Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; ILEUM RESECTION; IMPLANTATION; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LAPAROTOMY;

EID: 0031954599     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199805000-00020     Document Type: Article

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