Splenic flexure volvulus presenting as proximal small intestinal obstruction

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 318-319

  Hajivassiliou, C A ^a,b   Farrow, G ^b   Harvey, J ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intestinal obstruction; Splenic flexure; Volvulus

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONSTIPATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; SIGMOID VOLVULUS; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; VOLVULUS;

ADOLESCENT; COLONIC DISEASES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL;

EID: 0032939105     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1622.1999.01548.x     Document Type: Article

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