The hazards of vinyl glove ingestion in the mentally retarded patient with pica: New implications for surgical management

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 201-204

  Kamal, Ihab ^a,b   Thompson, John ^a   Paquette, Dana M ^c  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VINYL DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEZOAR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROTOMY; GLOVE; HUMAN; INGESTION; INTESTINE SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PICA; STOMACH ULCER;

ADULT; BEZOARS; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; GLOVES, SURGICAL; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; PICA; POLYVINYLS;

EID: 0032987698     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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