Pneumoperitoneum from gas gangrene of the pancreas: Three unusual findings in a single case

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 489-492

  Stockinger, Zsolt T ^a   Corsetti, Ralph L ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

acute necrotising; clostridium perfringens; gas gangrene; Pancreatitis; pneumoperitoneum; retropneumoperitoneum

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COLON RESECTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EMPHYSEMA; GAS GANGRENE; HUMAN; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MESENTERIC VEIN THROMBOSIS; PANCREAS INJURY; PANCREAS NECROSIS; PANCREAS SURGERY; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ACUTE DISEASE; GAS GANGRENE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; PNEUMOPERITONEUM;

EID: 2342440927     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gassur.2003.11.002     Document Type: Article

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