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What to do with a non-rolling stone? Surgical on-table dilemma in large bowel obstruction due to an impacted gallstone

We present a rare case of large bowel obstruction secondary to colonic gallstones in a frail nonagenarian. Uniquely, the stone was impacted in the descending colon-sigmoid junction, in the absence of underlying bowel pathology distal to the stone. In light of worsening pain and distension after fail...

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Autores principales: Das, Niloy, Plummer, Nicholas R., Raja, Hassan, Vashist, Ashok
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4083136/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25002453
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rju042