Magnetic attraction leading to a small bowel obstruction in a child

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1245-1247

  Fenton, Stephen J ^a,c   Torgenson, Marcus ^a   Holsti, Maija ^b   Black, Richard E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Foreign body ingestion; Magnet; Small bowel obstruction

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FOREIGN BODY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; ILEOCECAL VALVE; ILEUM; INTERNAL HERNIA; INTESTINE SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; MAGNET; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; VOMITING;

CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; LAPAROTOMY; MAGNETICS; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL;

EID: 36448945091     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-007-1997-4     Document Type: Article

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