Jejunal diverticulosis is not always a silent spectator: A report of 4 cases and review of the literature

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 38, 2008, Pages 5916-5919

  Patel, Vishal Arun ^a   Jefferis, Helen ^a   Spiegelberg, Ben ^a   Iqbal, Quamar ^a   Prabhudesai, Ashish ^a   Harris, Simon ^a  

^a HILLINGDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diverticulosis; Enterolith; Gastrointestinal; Haemorrhage; Jejunum; Obstruction; Perforation

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; DIARRHEA; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; FEMALE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTESTINE DIVERTICULOSIS; IRRITABLE COLON; JEJUNUM DIVERTICULUM; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; SIDE TO SIDE ANASTOMOSIS; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; SMALL INTESTINE PERFORATION; VOMITING; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; DIVERTICULOSIS; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE PERFORATION; JEJUNUM DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DIVERTICULUM; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; JEJUNAL DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 63049129730     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.14.5916     Document Type: Article

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