Small bowel obstruction caused by cryptorchidism in an adult

Small bowel obstruction (SBO) is a common complication after abdominal surgery, and can occur due to many reasons. However, cryptorchidism can cause SBO in patients with no history of abdominal surgery. We report the case of a 67-year-old man with SBO caused by adhesions between an undescended testi...

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Autores principales: Kim, Chang Woo, Min, Gyeong Eun, Lee, Suk-Hwan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Surgical Society 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5694721/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29184883
http://dx.doi.org/10.4174/astr.2017.93.5.281
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description Small bowel obstruction (SBO) is a common complication after abdominal surgery, and can occur due to many reasons. However, cryptorchidism can cause SBO in patients with no history of abdominal surgery. We report the case of a 67-year-old man with SBO caused by adhesions between an undescended testis and the terminal ileum.
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spelling pubmed-56947212017-11-28 Small bowel obstruction caused by cryptorchidism in an adult Kim, Chang Woo Min, Gyeong Eun Lee, Suk-Hwan Ann Surg Treat Res Case Report Small bowel obstruction (SBO) is a common complication after abdominal surgery, and can occur due to many reasons. However, cryptorchidism can cause SBO in patients with no history of abdominal surgery. We report the case of a 67-year-old man with SBO caused by adhesions between an undescended testis and the terminal ileum. The Korean Surgical Society 2017-11 2017-10-27 /pmc/articles/PMC5694721/ /pubmed/29184883 http://dx.doi.org/10.4174/astr.2017.93.5.281 Text en Copyright © 2017, the Korean Surgical Society http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Annals of Surgical Treatment and Research is an Open Access Journal. All articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Small bowel obstruction caused by cryptorchidism in an adult
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5694721/
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