High incidence of symptomatic Meckel's diverticulum in patients less than fifty years of age: An indication for resection

American Surgeon

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 271-275

  Mckay, Robert ^a,b  

^a Saint Vincent Health Center   (United States)

^b St Claire's Surgical Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE RESECTION; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MECKEL DIVERTICULUM; PROPHYLAXIS; SEX RATIO; TREATMENT INDICATION; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MECKEL DIVERTICULUM; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34147099013     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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