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Mechanical small bowel obstruction due to appendiceal tourniquet: a case report and review of literature

BACKGROUND: Acute appendicitis is known to cause intestinal obstruction. The presentation is commonly due to functional obstruction, but on very rare occasions it presents as mechanical obstruction, especially closed loop. CASE PRESENTATION: We report a case of a 59-year-old Egyptian man who present...

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Autores principales: Ahmed, Khaled Ahmed, Hamdy, Ahmed Mohamed Farid, Seifeldin, Moustafa Ibrahim, Elkeleny, Moustafa Refaie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6686423/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31391122
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-019-2156-y