The management of gangrenous sigmoid volvulus
โ Scribed by Julian Neely
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1970
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 351 KB
- Volume
- 57
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
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