Does all small bowel intussusception need exploration?
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Small bowel intussusception in adults
Intussusception is the telescoping of a proximal segment of the gastrointestinal tract into an adjacent distal segment. This rare form of bowel obstruction occurs infrequently in adults. We report a case of small bowel intussusception in an adult male patient. We have also performed a literature review of this rare condition.
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عنوان ژورنال: African Journal of Paediatric Surgery
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0189-6725
DOI: 10.4103/0189-6725.59358