A surprising twist to an old problem: Sigmoid volvulus in a 19-year-old man

American Surgeon

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 284-286

  Salinas, Nathan L ^a   Carr, Shamus R ^a   Han, Dale ^a   Mahmoud, Najjia N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTIPATION; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; HUMAN; INTESTINE ANASTOMOSIS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; NAUSEA; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RECTOSCOPY; SIGMOID VOLVULUS; SIGMOIDECTOMY; VOMITING; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; COLON DISEASE; COLON RESECTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; INTESTINE VOLVULUS; METHODOLOGY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; COLECTOMY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL VOLVULUS; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; SIGMOID DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34147095379     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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