Surgical treatment in cocaine body packers and body pushers

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1531-1535

  Schaper, Andreas ^a   Hofmann, Rainer ^b   Bargain, Philippe ^c   Desel, Herbert ^a   Ebbecke, Martin ^a   Langer, Claus ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b Airport Clinic Frankfurt/Main International Airport   (Germany)

^c Aéroport Charles de Gaulle   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cocaine body packers; Cocaine body pushers; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIRPORT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONTAINER; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVICE REMOVAL; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FATALITY; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTOXICATION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; COCAINE; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERDOSE; PARIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREET DRUGS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 35148888604     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-007-0324-9     Document Type: Article

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