Multiple Magnetic Foreign Body Ingestion: A Surgical Problem

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 182-186

  Pryor II, Howard I ^a   Lange, Patricia A ^b   Bader, Ali ^c   Gilbert, James ^d   Newman, Kurt ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Huntsville Women's and Children's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; BECKWITH WIEDEMANN SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DECOMPRESSION; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; INGESTION; INTESTINE SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEGLUTITION; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE;

EID: 34347347210     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.01.060     Document Type: Article

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