Is surgical decontamination definitive treatment of “body-packers”?

Goldfrank's Toxicologic Emergencies.

Annals of Internal Medicine · 1986 · 1.3K citations

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The Cocaine 'Body Packer' Syndrome

Margaret M. McCarron · JAMA · 1983 · 231 citations

Medicine, Clinical Sciences, Surgery +9

The “Body Packer Syndrome”—Toxicity Following Ingestion of Illicit Drugs Packaged for Transportation

Journal of Forensic Sciences · 1981 · 197 citations

Pharmacy, Emergency Medicine, Toxicology +16

Cocaine-Packet Ingestion

Dennis S. Caruana, Bernard Weinbach, David Goerg et al. · Annals of Internal Medicine · 1984 · 126 citations

Medicine, Clinical Sciences, Surgery +15

Cocaine intoxication, delirium, and death in a body packer

David A. Fishbain, Charles V. Wetli · Annals of Emergency Medicine · 1981 · 120 citations

Pharmacy, Psychiatry, Toxicology +14