Natural history, clinical pattern, and surgical considerations of pneumatosis intestinalis

European Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 231-239

  Khalil, Philipe N ^a,c   Huber Wagner, S ^a   Ladurner, R ^a   Kleespies, A ^b   Siebeck, M ^a   Mutschler, W ^a   Hallfeldt, K ^a   Kanz, K G ^a  

^a Downtown Medical Centre   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abdominal emergencies; Abdominal imaging; Gastrointestinal pathophysiology; Gastrointestinal tract; Pneumatosis intestinalis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ALGORITHM; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; ISCHEMIA; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PNEUMATOSIS INTESTINALIS; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 67651030808     PISSN: 09492321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2047-783x-14-6-231     Document Type: Review

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