ACUTE DIVERTICULITIS
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Elective surgery after acute diverticulitis.
BACKGROUND Diverticulitis is a common condition. Practice guidelines from many organizations recommend bowel resection after two attacks. The evidence for such a recommendation is reviewed. METHODS A Medline literature search was performed to locate English language articles on surgery for diverticular disease. Further articles were obtained from the references cited in the literature initial...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Surgery
سال: 1911
ISSN: 0003-4932
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-191105000-00005