Primary torsion of the greater omentum

International Surgery

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 72-75

  Young, Ton H ^a,c   Lee, Herng S ^b   Tang, Hung S ^a  

^a FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CARDINAL TIEN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Greater omentum; Torsion

Indexed keywords

ANTACID AGENT; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; ANOREXIA; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEVER; GREATER OMENTUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROTHROMBIN TIME; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TORSION; URINALYSIS;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; OMENTUM; PERITONEAL DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TORSION;

EID: 3142730516     PISSN: 00208868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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