Failure of conservative management after the passage of a distal colonic "cast": Report of a case

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1090-1093

  Foley, Charlotte L ^a,b   Taylor, Claire J ^a   Aslam, M ^a   Reddy, K P K ^a   Birch, Hilary A ^a   Owen, Eoghan R T ^a  

^a Crawley Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colon cast; Infarction; Ischemic colitis; Transmural

Indexed keywords

LAXATIVE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON PERFORATION; ENDOSCOPY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE STENOSIS; LAPAROTOMY; OBESITY; OLIGURIA; PATIENT; PERITONITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; COLON; COLONOSCOPY; INFARCTION; INTESTINE MUCOSA; ISCHEMIC COLITIS; PATHOLOGY; TREATMENT FAILURE; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; COLITIS, ISCHEMIC; COLON; COLONOSCOPY; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 20844445428     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-004-0863-x     Document Type: Article

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