'Free omental plug': A nostalgic look at an old and dependable technique for giant peptic perforations

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 216-218

  Sharma, Dhananjaya ^a,b   Saxena, A ^a   Rahman, H ^a   Raina, V K ^a   Kapoor, J P ^a  

^a NSCB MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b P 10 Medical Campus ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Free omental plug; Giant peptic perforation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JEJUNOSTOMY; OMENTUM; SEROSA; STOMACH ULCER; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER PERFORATION;

EID: 0033934274     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000018837     Document Type: Article

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