Acquired jejuno-ileal diverticular disease: A diagnostic and management challenge

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 584-589

  El Haddawi, Falah ^a,b   Civil, Ian D ^a  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Diverticulum; Ileum; Jejunum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AWARENESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIVERTICULOSIS; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; ILEUM; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE PERFORATION; INTESTINE SURGERY; JEJUNUM; LAPAROTOMY; LETHALITY; MALABSORPTION; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RECORD; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; POPULATION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIVERTICULUM; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; ILEAL DISEASES; INTESTINAL DISEASES; JEJUNAL DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0041353493     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-2197.2003.02709.x     Document Type: Review

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