Surgical diverticulitis: Treatment options

American Surgeon

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1185-1189

  Maggard, Melinda A ^a  

^a OLIVE VIEW UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOMOGRAPHY;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; COLECTOMY; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035650862     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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