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Acute gallbladder torsion - a continued pre-operative diagnostic dilemma

Acute gallbladder volvulus continues to remain a relatively uncommon process, manifesting itself usually during exploration for an acute surgical abdomen with a presumptive diagnosis of acute cholecystitis. The pathophysiology is that of mechanical organo-axial torsion along the gallbladder's l...

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Autores principales: Mouawad, Nicolas J, Crofts, Brianne, Streu, Rachel, Desrochers, Randal, Kimball, Beth C
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3083339/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21489292
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-7922-6-13