Post-traumatic small bowel obstruction.
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چکیده
Small bowel stenosis due to blunt abdominal trauma is rare. This paper reports a Gurkha soldier who sustained apparently minor trauma in a flying accident and presented 11 weeks later with abdominal pain. After extensive investigations, a post-traumatic small bowel stricture was identified and excised.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps
دوره 140 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1994