Axial torsion and gangrene of a giant Meckel's diverticulum

Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 67-68

  Limas, Christos ^a,b   Seretis, Konstantinos ^a   Soultanidis, Chrisostomos ^a   Anagnostoulis, Stavros ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY GENERAL HOSPITAL OF ALEXANDROUPOLIS   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Axial torsion; Gangrene; Meckel's diverticulum

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; GANGRENE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MECKEL DIVERTICULUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TORSION; ULTRASOUND; X RAY;

CHILD; GANGRENE; HUMANS; MALE; MECKEL DIVERTICULUM; TORSION;

EID: 33744945027     PISSN: 18418724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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