Small bowel volvulus caused by migrating mesh plug

American Surgeon

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 796-797

  Stout, Christopher L ^a,c   Foret, Andrew ^a   Christie, D Benjamin ^a   Mullis, Earl ^b  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Macon Surgical Associates   (United States)

^c MEDICAL CENTER OF CENTRAL GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HERNIOPLASTY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; INTESTINE VOLVULUS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIGRATION; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NEUROSURGERY; PEROPERATIVE CARE; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOREIGN BODY; IMPLANTATION; INSTRUMENTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOGRAPHY; REOPERATION; SMALL INTESTINE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; INTESTINAL VOLVULUS; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; REOPERATION; SURGICAL MESH; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34848905899     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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