Sigmoid volvulus: Study from a North Indian Hospital

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1081-1084

  Khanna, A K ^a   Kumar, Puneet ^a   Khanna, R ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Gangrene; Intestinal obstruction; Large bowel; Sigmoid; Tropics; Volvulus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLON SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SIGMOID VOLVULUS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIGMOID DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032816604     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02236708     Document Type: Article

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