Ruptured Meckel's mesodiverticulum and Meckel's diverticulum following blunt abdominal trauma

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 161-163

  Kazemi, Kourosh ^a,b   Jalaeian, Hamed ^c   Fattahi, Mohammad Reza ^b   Hosseini, Seyed Vahid ^a   Shafiee, Masoud ^a   Roshan, Naghmeh ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c IPSWICH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hemoperitoneum; Meckel's diverticulum; Traumatic rupture

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EMERGENCY WARD; HEMOPERITONEUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MECKEL DIVERTICULUM; MECKEL MESODIVERTICULUM; PERITONITIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RIGIDITY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMANS; MALE; MECKEL DIVERTICULUM; RUPTURE; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 39749133692     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000112973     Document Type: Article

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