Gas explosion during colonic surgery

Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 419-

  De Wilt, J H W ^a   Borel Rinkes, I H M ^b   Brouwer, K J ^a,c  

^a Zuiderziekenhuis   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Zuiderziekenhius   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; METHANE; OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON INJURY; COLON VOLVULUS; DIATHERMY; ELECTROSURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC POLYPECTOMY; EXPLOSION; FEMALE; GAS; HEMICOLECTOMY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE;

ADULT; BLAST INJURIES; COLON; DIATHERMY; EXPLOSIONS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GASES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 8044258977     PISSN: 00358835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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