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Perforation of the splenic flexure of the colon by an ingested wooden toothpick

We present the case of a 23-year-old man who consulted in the emergency department 6 days after ingesting a wooden toothpick with features of a localized peritonitis in the left upper quadrant of the abdomen. Surgical exploration revealed a perforation of the splenic flexure of the colon by the toot...

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Autor principal: Chichom-Mefire, Alain
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4294632/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25589540
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rju149