Spontaneous Bowel Evisceration in a Patient with Alcoholic Cirrhosis and an Umbilical Hernia

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-43

  Choo, Esther K ^a   McElroy, Stephen ^b  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Quincy Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

alcoholic cirrhosis; ascites; evisceration; hernia rupture; umbilical hernia

Indexed keywords

PETHIDINE; SULTAMICILLIN;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CASE REPORT; EMERGENCY WARD; EVISCERATION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; OPERATING ROOM; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UMBILICAL HERNIA;

ADULT; ASCITES; HERNIA, UMBILICAL; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINE, SMALL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 37849010573     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2007.03.035     Document Type: Article

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