Omental infarction: Preoperative diagnosis and laparoscopic management in children

Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 777-780

  Gosain, Ankush ^a   Blakely, Martin ^a   Boulden, Thomas ^a   Uffman, John K ^a   Seetharamaiah, Rupa ^a   Huang, Eunice ^a   Langham, Max ^a   Eubanks, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; OBESITY; OMENTECTOMY; OMENTUM INFARCTION; OPERATION DURATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; UPPER ABDOMINAL PAIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; OMENTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78149395470     PISSN: 10926429     EISSN: 15579034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lap.2010.0204     Document Type: Article

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