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Jejunal perforation in gallstone ileus – a case series

INTRODUCTION: Gallstone ileus is an uncommon complication of cholelithiasis but an established cause of mechanical bowel obstruction in the elderly. Perforation of the small intestine proximal to the obstructing gallstone is rare, and only a handful of cases have been reported. We present two cases...

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Autores principales: Browning, Louise E, Taylor, Jeremy D, Clark, Sue K, Karanjia, Nariman D
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2222670/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18045463
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-1-157