Genital fistulas secondary to diverticular disease of the colon: A review

Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 67-73

  Tancer, M L ^a   Veridiano, N P ^b  

^a Sloane Hospital for Women   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON FISTULA; FEMALE; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; REVIEW; SIGMOID;

DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; FEMALE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INTESTINAL FISTULA; VAGINAL FISTULA;

EID: 0030042674     PISSN: 00297828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006254-199601000-00023     Document Type: Review

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