Large bowel obstruction and perforation secondary to endometriosis complicated by a ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 520-521

  Shaw, A ^a   Lund, J N ^a   Semeraro, D ^b   Cartmill, M ^c   Reynolds, J R ^b   Tierney, G M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b DERBY CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bowel; Endometriosis; Obstruction; Perforation; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; BRAIN VENTRICLE PLEURAL SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON MUCOSA; COLON OBSTRUCTION; COLON PERFORATION; COLON RESECTION; COMORBIDITY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HARTMANN PROCEDURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MENINGITIS; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUNT INFECTION; SIGMOID; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; SIGMOID DISEASES; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 43649104788     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2008.01505.x     Document Type: Article

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