Management of trichobezoar: Case report and literature review

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 457-463

  Gorter, R R ^a   Kneepkens, C M F ^b   Mattens, E C J L ^a   Aronson, D C ^a,c   Heij, H A ^a  

^a EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Rapunzel syndrome; Therapy; Trichobezoar; Trichotillomania

Indexed keywords

CONSULTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUODENUM; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOCUTANEOUS DISEASE; PYLORUS; RAPUNZEL SYNDROME; RELAPSE; REVIEW; SMALL INTESTINE; STOMACH; TREATMENT INDICATION; TRICHOBEZOAR; TRICHOPHAGIA; TRICHOTILLOMANIA; ADOLESCENT; BEZOAR; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; LAPAROSCOPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; BEZOARS; CHILD; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY;

EID: 77955474331     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-010-2570-0     Document Type: Review

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