Abdominal Cocoon and Adhesiolysis: A Case Report and a Literature Review

Abdominal cocoon is a rare cause of intestinal obstruction. It is difficult to diagnose in most of the cases preoperatively. Surgical removal of the membrane resulted in complete recovery in the majority of the cases. The exact etiology of abdominal cocoon is still unknown. We reported a male patien...

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Autores principales: Al-Thani, Hassan, El Mabrok, Jamila, Al Shaibani, Noof, El-Menyar, Ayman
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3588397/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23476828
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/381950
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author Al-Thani, Hassan
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description Abdominal cocoon is a rare cause of intestinal obstruction. It is difficult to diagnose in most of the cases preoperatively. Surgical removal of the membrane resulted in complete recovery in the majority of the cases. The exact etiology of abdominal cocoon is still unknown. We reported a male patient who presented with features of intestinal obstruction and has been diagnosed as abdominal cocoon intraoperatively.
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spelling pubmed-35883972013-03-09 Abdominal Cocoon and Adhesiolysis: A Case Report and a Literature Review Al-Thani, Hassan El Mabrok, Jamila Al Shaibani, Noof El-Menyar, Ayman Case Rep Gastrointest Med Case Report Abdominal cocoon is a rare cause of intestinal obstruction. It is difficult to diagnose in most of the cases preoperatively. Surgical removal of the membrane resulted in complete recovery in the majority of the cases. The exact etiology of abdominal cocoon is still unknown. We reported a male patient who presented with features of intestinal obstruction and has been diagnosed as abdominal cocoon intraoperatively. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-02-17 /pmc/articles/PMC3588397/ /pubmed/23476828 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/381950 Text en Copyright © 2013 Hassan Al-Thani et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Abdominal Cocoon and Adhesiolysis: A Case Report and a Literature Review
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/381950
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