A cruel twist: Post-operative cecal volvulus

Ulusal Travma ve Acil Cerrahi Dergisi

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 158-162

  Scott, Christopher D ^a   Trotta, Brian M ^a   Dubose, Joseph J ^a   Ledesma, Elihu ^a   Friel, Charles M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cecal diseases diagnosis surgery; Cecal volvulus; Intestinal obstruction diagnosis surgery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; CASE REPORT; CECUM DISEASE; CECUM VOLVULUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; ILEOSTOMY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE RESECTION; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SYMPTOM;

AGED; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CECUM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INTESTINAL VOLVULUS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 41949125237     PISSN: 1306696X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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