Gallstone ileus: A diagnostic and therapeutic challenge
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Gallstone Ileus–Clinical and therapeutic aspects
Gallstone ileus represents a rare (0.3-0.5%), but serious complication of a common illness--the gallbladder lithiasis and the incidence of this fascinating disease has remained the same over the years. The main actual characteristics of this pathology are the age over 65, the female gender (men/women ratio 1/5:1:10--due to the high rate of vesicular lithiasis) and the under 50% diagnostic estab...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medical Journal Armed Forces India
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0377-1237
DOI: 10.1016/j.mjafi.2017.06.003