Surgical approach to body packing

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 97-103

  Yegane, Rooh Allah ^a,c   Bashashati, Mohammad ^a,b   Hajinasrollah, Esmail ^a   Heidari, Kamran ^a   Salehi, Noor Allah ^a   Ahmadi, Mina ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c Loqman Hakim Medical Center   (Iran)

Author keywords

Body packing; Gastrointestinal; Intoxication

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; ILLICIT DRUG; OPIATE; NARCOTIC AGENT; STREET DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CHILD; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TRAFFIC; FEMALE; GASTROTOMY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE SURGERY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL APPROACH; ARTICLE; FOREIGN BODY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; INFANT; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE PERFORATION; MIDDLE AGED; SWALLOWING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEGLUTITION; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCOTICS; STREET DRUGS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64049117612     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/DCR.0b013e31819738c9     Document Type: Review

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