Shell wound of small intestine: Resection. Recovery

✍ Scribed by Major Wilson Tyson

• Book ID: 101730635
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1919
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 184 KB
• Volume: 7
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0007-1323
• DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800072611

✦ Synopsis

THE case described below presents the unusual feature of a piece of shell-casing together with shreds of clothing acting as plug for a wound of the small intestine, sufficiently secure to prevent leakage of intestinal contents for a month after the occurrence of the injury.