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Hyperbaric oxygen for anastomotic complications following low anterior resection: a report of five cases

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We thank “Let’s Beat Bowel Cancer” (www.letsbeatbowelcancer.com.au) for financial support during this project.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Cabrini Hospital, Cabrini Monash University, 183 Wattletree Road, Malvern, VIC, 3144, Australia

    Kenneth Loon, Simon Wilkins, Karen Oliva, Peter Carne, Adrian Polglase & Paul McMurrick

  2. Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Simon Wilkins & Geoff Frawley

  3. Department of Intensive Care and Hyperbaric Medicine, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Andrew Fock

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Loon, K., Wilkins, S., Oliva, K. et al. Hyperbaric oxygen for anastomotic complications following low anterior resection: a report of five cases. Int J Colorectal Dis 29, 1579–1581 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00384-014-1951-6

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