It has been a traditional surgical practice to obliterate dead space. This rule has been applied in particular t o subcutaneous tissues, especially where fat is plentiful. Using cholecystectomy as a model, a prospective randomized clinical trial was conducted t o determine the value, if any, of sut
Treatment of perforated sigmoid diverticulitis: A prospective randomized trial
β Scribed by Dr. O. Kronborg
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 330 KB
- Volume
- 80
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
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