Surgical management of diverticulitis

American Surgeon

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 153-156

  Wolff, Bruce G ^a   Devine, Richard M ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ABSCESS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CYSTOCOLIC FISTULA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIVERTICULITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HIGH FIBER DIET; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE PERFORATION; INTESTINE TUMOR; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SIGMOIDECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

COLON, SIGMOID; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; HUMANS; SIGMOID DISEASES;

EID: 0033974415     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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