Five-year audit of the acute complications of diverticular disease

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 535-539

  Elliott, T B ^a,b   Yego, S ^a   Irvin, T T ^a  

^a ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b DUNEDIN HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLON RESECTION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE DIVERTICULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SIGMOID; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030907231     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800840428     Document Type: Article

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