Cotton bezoar - A rare cause of intestinal obstruction: Case report

BMC Surgery

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-4

  Chintamani, ^a   Durkhure, Rakesh ^a   Singh, J P ^a   Singhal, Vinay ^a  

^a SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEZOAR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COTTON; DEPRESSION; EMERGENCY WARD; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; ILEUM; ILEUM RESECTION; INTESTINE SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; MARRIAGE; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RARE DISEASE; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; STOMACH;

EID: 2942731546     PISSN: 14712482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2482-3-5     Document Type: Article

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