Sigmoid volvulus: Diagnostic twists and turns

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 84-87

  Tiah, Ling ^a   Goh, Siang Hiong ^a  

^a CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Intestinal volvulus; Sigmoid

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE VOLVULUS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOID; SIGMOID VOLVULUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLON, SIGMOID; CONSTIPATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL VOLVULUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIGMOID DISEASES;

EID: 33746643397     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mej.0000190278.30850.8a     Document Type: Article

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