Beware of the flaming hairball - A brief review and warning

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Raval, Mehul V ^a   Weiner, Timothy M ^b  

^a Doris Duke Charitable Foundation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Surgical fire; Trichobezoar

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CASE REPORT; CAUTERIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DUODENOSCOPY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; EXPLOSION; FEEDING DISORDER; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; HAIR; HUMAN; INTESTINE MOTILITY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OPERATING ROOM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHOBEZOAR; TRICHOPHAGIA;

EID: 17044364316     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2005.01.027     Document Type: Article

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