Jejunal diverticulosis: A potentially dangerous entity

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 905-909

  Lempinen, M ^a   Salmela, K ^a   Kemppainen, E ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Diverticulitis; Jejunal diverticulosis; Occlusion; Perforation

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; INTESTINE DIVERTICULOSIS; INTESTINE FISTULA; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE PERFORATION; JEJUNUM; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PERITONITIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DIVERTICULUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; JEJUNAL DISEASES; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4544360997     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520410006288     Document Type: Review

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