Is incidental Meckel's diverticulum resected safely?

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 1282, 2008, Pages 39-44

  Zulfikaroglu, Baris ^a   Ozalp, Necdet ^a   Zulfikaroglu, Ebru ^a   Ozmen, Mehmet Mahir ^a   Tez, Mesut ^b,c   Koc, Mahmut ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; APACHE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; ILEUM RESECTION; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INTESTINE SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECKEL DIVERTICULUM; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SAFETY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APACHE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MECKEL DIVERTICULUM; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SAFETY; TURKEY;

EID: 54749101609     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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