Giant diverticulum of the sigmoid colon

Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 775-777

  García Flórez, Luis J ^a   Otero Diez, J ^a   Lopez Muniz C ^a   Santamaria Giron L ^a   Perez Suarez A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diverticulosis; Giant colonic diverticulum; Sigmoid diverticulum

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CASE REPORT; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; SURGICAL RISK;

EID: 0036973399     PISSN: 11300108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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