Surgery for body packing in the Caribbean: A retrospective study of 70 patients

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 281-285

  De Beer, S A ^a   Spiessens, G ^b   Mol, W ^c   Fa Si Oen, P R ^c  

^a RIJNSTATE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c St Elisabeth Hospital ^*  (Netherlands Antilles)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY PACKER SYNDROME; DRUG TRAFFIC; DRUG TRANSPORT; FASCIA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL INTESTINE RESECTION; STOMA; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION; X RAY FILM;

ADULT; COCAINE; COHORT STUDIES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DRUG PACKAGING; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; MALE; NETHERLANDS ANTILLES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREET DRUGS; TRANSPORTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38349187592     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-007-9316-8     Document Type: Article

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