Laparoscopic treatment of primary idiopathic omental torsion in a 5-year-old girl

Pediatric Endosurgery and Innovative Techniques

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 153-156

  Yoshida, Ryuji ^a   Yamataka, Atsuyuki ^a   Koga, Hiroyuki ^a   Nambu, Junko ^b   Hasumi, Hiroki ^b   Kobayashi, Hiroyuki ^a   Lane, Geoffrey J ^a   Seki, Ichirou ^b   Miyano, Takeshi ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN BOKUTOH HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY IDIOPATHIC OMENTUM TORSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORSION;

EID: 3142544707     PISSN: 10926410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/1092641041360977     Document Type: Article

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