Recurrent sigmoid volvulus in a sixteen-year-old boy: Case report and review of the literature

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1434-1436

  Ton, Mimi N ^a   Ruzal Shapiro, Carrie ^a   Stolar, Charles ^a   Kazlow, Philip G ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

detorsion; endoscopy; Sigmoid volvulus; sigmoidectomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON BIOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LITERATURE; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SIGMOID VOLVULUS; SIGMOIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4444225754     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2004.05.021     Document Type: Article

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