Community experience of colonic stenting in patients with acute large bowel obstructions

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 282-285

  Arya, Naveen ^a,b   Bair, Douglas ^a,b   Arya, Praag ^b   Pham, Joe ^a,b  

^a Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital   (Canada)

^b Oakville Endoscopy Centre   (Canada)

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EID: 79960831120     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: 14882310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cjs.015510     Document Type: Article

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