Small-intestinal enteroliths - Unusual cause of small-intestinal obstruction: Report of three cases

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 676-679

  Klingler, Paul J ^a   Seelig, Matthias H ^a   Floch, Neil R ^a   Branton, Susan A ^a   Metzger, Philip P ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Enteroliths; Review; Small intestinal obstruction; Therapeutic management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLON RESECTION; FECES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE ANASTOMOSIS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; TROPICAL SPRUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCULI; DIVERTICULUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE;

EID: 0032933311     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02234149     Document Type: Article

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