Correspondence ascending branch of the left gastric artery. If this cannot be achieved owing to proximity of the ulcer to the lesser curve, then a total gastrectomy should be performed, or else necrosis of the gastric stump risked, with ensuing peritonitis. If erosion of the splenic artery can be r
Cecal carcinoma masked by acute appendicitis
โ Scribed by Wolfgang H. Markgraf
- Book ID
- 118835491
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1958
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 573 KB
- Volume
- 95
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0002-9610
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