Sigmoid colon volvulus in children: Review of 19 cases

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 492-495

  Atamanalp, S Selçuk ^a   Yildirgan, M Ilhan ^a   Başoǧlu, Mahmut ^a   Kantarci, Mecit ^a   Yilmaz, Ismayil ^a  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Intestinal obstruction; Sigmoid colon volvulus

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ANASTOMOSIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTIPATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GANGRENE; HARTMANN PROCEDURE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SEPTIC SHOCK; SIGMOID VOLVULUS; SIGMOIDECTOMY; SIGMOIDOPEXY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TORSION; VOMITING;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSTIPATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GANGRENE; HUMANS; ILEAL DISEASES; INFANT; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINAL VOLVULUS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SHOCK, SEPTIC; SIGMOID DISEASES; TURKEY; VOMITING;

EID: 4544321365     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-004-1222-7     Document Type: Review

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