Conundrum of the cocoon: Report of a case and review of the literature

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1141-1143

  Rajagopal, Ambil S ^a   Rajagopal, Ramasamy ^b  

^a PSG INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Sclerosing peritonitis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONSTIPATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; EXCISION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MALE; MEMBRANE; PERITONITIS; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; SCLEROSIS; SMALL INTESTINE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TORSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

AGED; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; MALE; PERITONITIS;

EID: 0043029877     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-004-7295-5     Document Type: Article

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