Meckel diverticulum: Ten-year experience in adults

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1038-1041

  Stone, Patrick A ^a   Hofeldt, Matthew J ^b   Campbell, John E ^b   Vedula, Geetha ^b   DeLuca, John A ^b   Flaherty, Sarah K ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adult; Meckel diverticulum; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADENOMYOMA; ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; CELL POPULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM MALFORMATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIVERTICULITIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GENDER; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MALE; MECKEL DIVERTICULUM; METASTASIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; RARE DISEASE; REVIEW; STOMACH MUCOSA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; DIVERTICULITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MECKEL DIVERTICULUM; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 8744284501     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SMJ.0000125222.90696.03     Document Type: Review

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