Primary Torsion of the Greater Omentum in Children - A Neglected Cause of Acute Abdomen?

European Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 341-343

  Valioulis, Ioannis ^a,b   Tzallas, D ^a   Kallintzis, N ^a  

^a Aghios Loukas Hospital   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Laparoscopy; Omentum; Torsion

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; EXCISION; FEMALE; GREATER OMENTUM; HEALTH STATUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SCHOOL CHILD; TORSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPES; MALE; OMENTUM; PERITONEAL DISEASES; TORSION;

EID: 0345307628     PISSN: 09397248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-43572     Document Type: Article

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