Laparoscopy diagnosis and treatment excision of bleeding Meckel's diverticulum in a child: Report of one case

Acta Paediatrica Taiwanica

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-43

  Lu, Chung Ching ^a   Huang, Fu Chen ^a   Lee, Shin Yi ^a   Huang, Hsiu Yu ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Laparoscopy; Low gastrointestinal bleeding; Meckel's diverticulum

Indexed keywords

PERTECHNETIC ACID TC 99M;

ABDOMINAL ANGIOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL SCINTISCANNING; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MECKEL DIVERTICULUM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INFANT; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MECKEL DIVERTICULUM;

EID: 0037733968     PISSN: 16088115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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