Magnet induced perforated appendicitis and ileo-caecal fistula formation

Ulster Medical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 4-6

  Robinson, Andrew J ^a   Bingham, Janne ^a   Thompson, Ronald L E ^a  

^a ALTNAGELVIN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Foreign body ingestion; Magnets; Small bowel fistula

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANOREXIA; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; FEVER; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; ILEO CECAL FISTULA; INTESTINE FISTULA; LAPAROTOMY; LETHARGY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAGNET; MALE; PERITONITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; VOMITING; X RAY ANALYSIS;

APPENDICITIS; CECUM; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOREIGN BODIES; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; ILEOCECAL VALVE; ILEUM; INTESTINAL FISTULA; MAGNETICS; MALE;

EID: 59249087307     PISSN: 00416193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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