Surgical approach to cecal diverticulitis

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 188, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 629-634

  Lane, John S ^a   Sarkar, Rajabrata ^a   Schmit, Paul J ^a   Chandler, Charles F ^a   Thompson Jr , Jesse E ^a  

^a OLIVE VIEW UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CECUM DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIVERTICULITIS; FEMALE; HEMICOLECTOMY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033047221     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1072-7515(99)00043-5     Document Type: Article

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