The abdominal cocoon: A case report

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 422-424

  Hamaloglu, Erhan ^a   Altun, Hasan ^a,b   Ozdemir, Arif ^a   Ozenc, Ahmet ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Abdominal cocoon; Intestinal obstruction

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL COCOON; ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; RARE DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036435776     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000065827     Document Type: Article

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