Diverticulitis: Truly minimally invasive management

American Surgeon

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 932-935

  Macias, Luis H ^a   Haukoos, Jason S ^b   Dixon, Matthew R ^a   Sorial, Ehab ^a   Arnell, Tracey D ^c   Stamos, Michael J ^d   Kumar, Ravin R ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIVERTICULITIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGERY; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; DIVERTICULITIS; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 16644384632     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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