Seven cases of pelvic exenteration combined with sacral resection for locally recurrent rectal cancer
โ Scribed by Hiroshi Takagi; Takeshi Morimoto; Suguru Hara; Ryoji Suzuki; Shizuka Horio
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1986
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 320 KB
- Volume
- 32
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4790
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