Persistent Portal Venous Gas

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 783-785

  Huurman, Volkert A L ^a   Visser, Leo G ^a   Steens, Stefan C A ^a   Terpstra, Onno T ^a   Schaapherder, Alexander F M ^a  

^a Infectious Diseases (LGV)   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Campylobacter jejuni; cholecystectomy; Portal venous gas; sepsis

Indexed keywords

AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CASE REPORT; ENTEROCOLITIS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL VEIN; THROMBOPHLEBITIS;

CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; EMBOLISM, AIR; ENTEROCOLITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL VEIN; THROMBOPHLEBITIS;

EID: 33646502635     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gassur.2005.04.016     Document Type: Article

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