Management of adhesive bowel obstruction in children is changed by laparoscopy

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 925-927

  Van Der Zee, D C ^a   Bax, N M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Diagnostic laparoscopy; Early management; Intestinal obstruction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON PERFORATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SURGICAL APPROACH;

ADHESIONS; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032821973     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004649901136     Document Type: Article

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