Primary omental torsion in children. The pre-disposing factors and role of laparoscopy in diagnosis and treatment

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 194-197

  Mallick, Mohammad S ^a   Al Bassam, Abdulrahman A ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPENDICITIS; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; OBESITY; PERITONEAL DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD;

APPENDICITIS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; OMENTUM; PERITONEAL DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TORSION;

EID: 33644505231     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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