Fate of retained capsule: A pathognomonic for surgery

American Surgeon

Volumn 73, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1140-1143

  Agaba, Emmanuel A ^a   Shamseddeen, Hazem ^a   Sasthakonar, Venketesh ^a   Sivalingham, Vadamalayan ^a   Shah, Kavin G ^a   Ravikumar, Thanjavur S ^a   Nadjari, Howard ^a   Denoto, George ^a  

^a NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CARCINOID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COLIC; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTESTINE SURGERY; INTESTINE TUMOR; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MECKEL DIVERTICULUM; NAUSEA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADIOGRAPHY; RETAINED CAPSULE; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; STEROID THERAPY; VOMITING; WEAKNESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SMALL INTESTINE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL;

EID: 38449110520     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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