Management of incidentally found Meckel's diverticulum. A new approach: Resection based on a risk score

Acta Chirurgica Belgica

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 467-470

  Robijn, J ^a   Sebrechts, E ^b   Miserez, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b General Hospital Jan Portaels   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Meckel's diverticulum

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748921609     PISSN: 00015458     EISSN: 25770160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015458.2006.11679933     Document Type: Article

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