Cocaine-body-packing. Infrequent indication for laparotomy;Kokain-body-packing: Seltene Indikation zur Laparotomie

Chirurg

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 626-631

  Schaper, A ^a   Hofmann, R ^b   Ebbecke, M ^a   Desel, H ^a   Langer, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b FRAPORT AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body packing; Cocaine; Laparotomy; Smuggling of illicit drugs

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; STREET DRUG;

AIRPORT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG INTOXICATION; FIRST AID; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RUPTURE; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; GERMANY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; COCAINE; CONDOMS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE; STREET DRUGS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAVEL;

EID: 0642305514     PISSN: 00094722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00104-002-0603-5     Document Type: Article

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