Modification of Mesosigmoidoplasty for Nongangrenous Sigmoid Volvulus

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1329-1332

  Bach, Olaf ^a,c   Rudloff, Udo ^a   Post, Stefan ^b  

^a Zomba Central Hospital   (Malawi)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MEASUREMENT; MORBIDITY; PATHOGENESIS; PERITONEUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VOLVULUS;

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL VOLVULUS; MESOCOLON; SIGMOID DISEASES;

EID: 0348011672     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-003-7010-z     Document Type: Article

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