Fractured migrated oesophageal stent fragment presenting as small bowel obstruction three years after insertion

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Harries, R ^a   Campbell, J ^a   Ghosh, S ^a  

^a NEVILL HALL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Migration; Obstruction; Oesophageal; Stent

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; ESOPHAGUS STENOSIS; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; ILEUM DISEASE; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; RADIOGRAPHY; STENT;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; ILEAL DISEASES; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; STENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77957913516     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/147870810X12699662981078     Document Type: Article

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