Small bowel obstruction in children due to persimmon phytobezoars

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 443-445

  Zafar, Arshad ^a   Ahmad, Sajjad ^a   Ghafoor, Aamir ^a   Turabi, Mohsin Raza ^a  

^a AYUB MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Enterotomy; Intestinal obstruction; Persimmon; Phytobezoars

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CECUM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILEUM; INTESTINE SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PAKISTAN; PARALYTIC ILEUS; PERSIMMON; PHYTOBEZOAR; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WOUND INFECTION;

BEZOARS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DIOSPYROS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0041882004     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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