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Small Bowel Ischemia due to Jejunum Volvulus in Pregnancy: A Case Report

The diagnosis of intestinal obstruction in pregnancy is difficult, as the symptoms may mimic pregnancy-associated complaints. The surgical management is challenging, as the mortality rate of midgut volvulus in pregnancy is high. We report the case of a 35-year-old woman at 21 weeks and 5 days of ges...

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Autores principales: Vassiliou, Ioannis, Tympa, Aliki, Derpapas, Michalis, Kottis, Georgios, Vlahos, Nikolaos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3530760/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23304583
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/485863