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Traumatic incarceration of the small bowel: case report.

Eldridge, T J; McFall, T M; Peoples, J B.

J Trauma ; 35(6): 960-1, 1993 Dec.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8264001

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While bowel injuries associated with blunt abdominal trauma are a well recognized entity, entrapment of bowel between vertebral bodies has seldom been described. The unusual case of traumatic jejunal incarceration between two lumbar vertebrae is presented.

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Abdominal Injuries/complications , Intestinal Obstruction/etiology , Jejunal Diseases/etiology , Joint Dislocations/etiology , Lumbar Vertebrae/injuries , Spinal Fractures/etiology , Wounds, Nonpenetrating/complications , Adult , Humans , Intestinal Obstruction/diagnosis , Intestinal Obstruction/surgery , Jejunal Diseases/diagnosis , Jejunal Diseases/surgery , Joint Dislocations/diagnosis , Joint Dislocations/surgery , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Male , Spinal Fractures/diagnostic imaging , Spinal Fractures/surgery , Tomography, X-Ray Computed

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