Surgical treatment in drug body packers

Am Surg. 2014 Mar;80(3):E76-8.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Crack Cocaine / toxicity
  • Drug Trafficking / statistics & numerical data*
  • Foreign Bodies / diagnostic imaging
  • Foreign Bodies / surgery*
  • Heroin / toxicity
  • Humans
  • Illicit Drugs / toxicity*
  • Italy
  • Laparotomy / methods
  • Male
  • Risk Assessment
  • Sampling Studies
  • Stomach / diagnostic imaging
  • Stomach / surgery*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Crack Cocaine
  • Illicit Drugs
  • Heroin