Gallbladder volvulus: Report of two original cases and review of the literature

American Surgeon

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 87-89

  Shaikh, Almaas A ^a,b   Charles, Anthony ^a   Domingo, Shirley ^a   Schaub, George ^a  

^a ST JOSEPH MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Reichert Health Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; AGED; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; GALLBLADDER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYDROPS; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REVIEW; VOLVULUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TORSION; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; GALLBLADDER DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TORSION;

EID: 14944377596     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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