How much of a misnomer is "asymptomatic" intestinal malrotation?

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 172-174

  Cohen, Zahavi ^a,b   Kleiner, Oleg ^a,b   Finaly, Robert ^a,b   Mordehai, Jacob ^a,b   Newman, Nitza ^a,b   Kurtzbart, Edna ^a,b   Mares, Abraham J ^a,b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

"Asymptomatic" malrotation; Intestinal malrotation; Midgut volvulus

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; PATIENT MONITORING; SURGERY;

MALROTATION;

MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE MALROTATION; INTESTINE SURGERY; INTESTINE VOLVULUS; LAPAROTOMY; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NEWBORN; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; RISK; SEPSIS; SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME; SMALL INTESTINE; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VOMITING;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ABNORMALITIES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0037365831     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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