Duodenal Perforation and Right Hydronephrosis Due to Toothpick Ingestion

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-57

  Nigri, Giuseppe R ^a   Di Giulio, Emilio ^a   Di Nardo, Raffaella ^a   Pezzoli, Francesca ^a   D'Angelo, Francesco ^a   Aurello, Paolo ^a   Ravaioli, Matteo ^a   Ramacciato, Giovanni ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

duodenal perforation; foreign body ingestion; toothpick

Indexed keywords

KETOROLAC; OMEPRAZOLE; SUCRALFATE;

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; DUODENUM; DUODENUM PERFORATION; FLANK PAIN; FOREIGN BODY; FOREIGN BODY ASPIRATION; GASTRITIS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; KIDNEY COLIC; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOOTHPICK; URETER;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; DUODENAL DISEASES; EATING; FOREIGN BODIES; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE;

EID: 37849001407     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2006.11.014     Document Type: Article

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