Fecal impaction in children: report of 53 cases of rectal seed bezoars

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1114-1117

  Eitan, Arie ^a   Katz, Israel M ^a   Sweed, Yechiel ^a   Bickel, Amitai ^a  

^a WESTERN GALILEE HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fecal impaction; Prickly pear; Rectal bezoar; Seeds; Sunflower; Watermelon

Indexed keywords

ARAB; ARTICLE; BEZOAR; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; FECES IMPACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLANT SEED; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT PLANNING; WATERMELON;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ARABS; BEZOARS; CATHARTICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FECAL IMPACTION; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; MALE; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SEEDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34249929991     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2007.01.048     Document Type: Article

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