Asymptomatic gastric perforation by a toothpick. A case report

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 437-438

  Porcu, Alberto ^a   Dessanti, Antonio ^a   Feo, Claudio F ^a   Dettori, Giuseppe ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Foreign bodies; Gastric perforation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; INGESTION; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LIVER RESECTION; STOMACH PERFORATION; STOMACH WALL;

FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; HEMANGIOMA; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; STOMACH;

EID: 0032711729     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000018763     Document Type: Article

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