Gastric incarceration and perforation following posttraumatic diaphragmatic hernia: Case report and review of the literature

Journal Medical Libanais

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 104-107

  Abboud, Bassam ^a   Tabet, Georges ^a   Bou Jaoude, Joe ^a   Sleilaty, Ghassan ^a  

^a SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PLEURA FLUID; STOMACH FISTULA; STOMACH FUNDUS; STOMACH PERFORATION;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; HERNIA, DIAPHRAGMATIC, TRAUMATIC; HUMANS; MALE; STOMACH DISEASES; STOMACH RUPTURE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 34447559954     PISSN: 00239852     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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