Sigmoid colon stenosis: A long-term sequelae of cocaine-induced ischemic colitis

American Surgeon

Volumn 76, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Ruiz Tovar, Jaime ^a   Candela, Fernando ^a   Oliver, Israel ^a   Calpena, Rafael ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ELCHE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ADULT; CASE REPORT; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COLON RESECTION; COLON STENOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISCHEMIC COLITIS; LAPAROTOMY; LETTER; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; VOMITING;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; COLECTOMY; COLITIS, ISCHEMIC; CRACK COCAINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; SIGMOID DISEASES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78651397157     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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