Portal Venous Gas and pneumatosis intestinalis; Radiologic signs with wide range of significance in surgery

Journal of Surgical Education

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 47-51

  Naguib, Nader ^a   Mekhail, Peter ^a   Gupta, Vivek ^a   Naguib, Nagy ^b   Masoud, Ashraf ^a  

^a PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

pneumatosis intestinalis; portal venous gas

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; MALE; PNEUMATOSIS INTESTINALIS; PORTAL VEIN PNEUMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEIN DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMBOLISM, AIR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMATOSIS CYSTOIDES INTESTINALIS; PORTAL VEIN;

EID: 84855172973     PISSN: 19317204     EISSN: 18787452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2011.07.005     Document Type: Article

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