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Use of routine gastrostomy in left-colonic surgery

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

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  1. Section of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Carle Clinic, 602 West University, 61801, Urbana, Illinois

    Roberto R. Manson M.D. & G. Bruce Thow M.D.

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Read at the meeting of the American Proctologic Society, Detroit, Michigan, June 10 to 14, 1973.

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Manson, R.R., Thow, G.B. Use of routine gastrostomy in left-colonic surgery. Dis Colon Rectum 17, 145–152 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02588096

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