Bowel injury as a complication of microdisectomy: Case report and literature review

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 248-250

  Houten, John K ^a   Frempong Boadu, Anthony K ^b   Arkovitz, Marc S ^c  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Columbia Univ Coll of Phys/Surgs ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bowel injury; Discectomy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; INTESTINE PERFORATION; INTESTINE SURGERY; LUMBAR DISK; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STOMACH LAVAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WOUND INFECTION; IMAGING; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD;

ADULT; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINES; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENTS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE;

EID: 2942575819     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00024720-200406000-00014     Document Type: Review

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