The etiology of intestinal obstruction in patients without prior laparotomy or hernia

American Surgeon

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-23

  McCloy, Colleen ^a   Brown, Thomas C ^a   Bolton, John S ^a   Bowen, John C ^a   Fuhrman, George M ^a,b  

^a OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEZOAR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTESTINE DIVERTICULOSIS; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; OVARY CANCER; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSTATE CANCER; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEZOARS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONOSCOPY; DIVERTICULUM; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ENEMA; FEMALE; HERNIA; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031984635     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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