Laparoscopically assisted anterior resection for diverticular disease: Follow-up of 100 consecutive patients

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 227, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 335-342

  Stevenson, Andrew R L ^a,b   Stitz, Russell W ^a   Lumley, John W ^a   Fielding, George A ^a  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b WESLEY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL SURGERY; DIVERTICULITIS; DIVERTICULOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIVERTICULUM; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031937627     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199803000-00004     Document Type: Article

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