Enterolith ileus as a complication of jejunal diverticulosis: Two case reports and a review of the literature

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-60

  Steenvoorde, P ^a,b   Schaardenburgh, P ^a   Viersma, J H ^a  

^a Department of Orthopaedic Surgery   (Netherlands)

^b RIJNLAND HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Enterolith; Intestinal obstruction; Jejunal diverticulosis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DIVERTICULOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILEUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTESTINE INFECTION; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE SURGERY; JEJUNUM DISEASE; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MEDLINE; MICROSCOPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RESUSCITATION; STONE FORMATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCULI; DIVERTICULUM; HUMANS; ILEAL DISEASES; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; JEJUNAL DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0037234911     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000068852     Document Type: Article

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