Malrotation and midgut volvulus: A historical review and current controversies in diagnosis and management

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 359-366

  Lampl, Brooke ^a   Levin, Terry L ^b   Berdon, Walter E ^a   Cowles, Robert A ^a  

^a Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York Presbyterian ^*  (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterotaxy; Infant; Malrotation; Midgut volvulus; Treitz

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DUODENUM; DUODENUM OBSTRUCTION; ECHOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HETEROTAXY SYNDROME; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; JEJUNUM; MALROTATION SYNDROME; MIDGUT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VOLVULUS;

CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; INTESTINAL VOLVULUS; INTESTINES; PEDIATRICS;

EID: 62149096461     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-009-1168-y     Document Type: Review

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