Perforation of a solitary diverticulum of sigmoid colon in an incarcerated scrotal hernia

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 883-884

  Kouraklis, Gregory ^a   Glinavou, Andromahi ^a   Andromanakos, Nick ^a   Karatzas, Gabriel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

diverticulum; hernia; scrotum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; FEVER; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCROTUM HERNIA; SIGMOID; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COLECTOMY; COLON, SIGMOID; DIVERTICULUM, COLON; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCROTUM; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3042848571     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:DDAS.0000030104.86885.a2     Document Type: Article

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