Volvulus of the small bowel in adults

American Surgeon

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1179-1182

  Ruiz Tovar, Jaime ^a   Morales, Vicente ^a   Sanjuanbenito, Alfonso ^a   Lobo, Eduardo ^a   Martinez Molina, Enrique ^a  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE VOLVULUS; JEJUNUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECURRENCE RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE NECROSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL VOLVULUS; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73449142509     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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