The sigmoid volvulus: Surgical timing and mortality for different clinical types

World Journal of Emergency Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Cirocchi, Roberto ^a   Farinella, Eriberto ^a   La Mura, Francesco ^a   Morelli, Umberto ^a   Trastulli, Stefano ^a   Milani, Diego ^a   Di Patrizi, Micol S ^a   Rossetti, Barbara ^a   Spizzirri, Alessandro ^a   Galanou, Ioanna ^a   Kopanakis, Konstandinos ^b   Mecarelli, Valerio ^a   Sciannameo, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

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EID: 76749125893     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17497922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-7922-5-1     Document Type: Article

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