Conservative management of chronic gastric volvulus: 44 cases over 5 years
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Conservative management of chronic gastric volvulus: 44 cases over 5 years.
AIM To investigate clinical outcomes of patients with chronic gastric volvulus (GV) who were managed conservatively over a 5-year period. METHODS A total of 44 consecutive patients with chronic GV, as diagnosed by barium study between October 2002 and July 2008 were investigated. All of these patients received conservative management initially without anatomical correction. Their clinical man...
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عنوان ژورنال: World Journal of Gastroenterology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1007-9327
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i33.4200