Urgent surgery for sigmoid diverticulitis. Retrospective study of 118 patients

Annali Italiani di Chirurgia

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-48

  Miccini, Michelangelo ^a   Borghese, Ottavia ^a   Scarpini, Massimo ^a   Cassini, Diletta ^a   Gregori, Matteo ^a   Bonapasta, Stefano Amore ^a   Tocchi, Adriano ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Complicated diverticulitis; Sigmoid diverticulitis; Sigmoidectomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955579299     PISSN: 2239253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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