Perforation of the gastrointestinal tract secondary to ingestion of foreign bodies

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 372-377

  Goh, Brian K P ^a   Chow, Pierce K H ^a,b   Quah, Hak Mien ^a   Ong, Hock Soo ^a,b   Eu, Kong Weng ^a   Ooi, London L P J ^a,b   Wong, Wai Keong ^a,b  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABDOMINAL MASS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM PERFORATION; DUODENUM PERFORATION; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; LARGE INTESTINE PERFORATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECTUM PERFORATION; SMALL INTESTINE PERFORATION; STOMACH PERFORATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEGLUTITION; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 32944472728     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-005-0490-2     Document Type: Article

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