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Localized peritonitis from perforated sigmoid diverticulum in a non-reducible inguinal hernia. Case report

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Raimondi, P., Aceto, L., Caldaralo, F. et al. Localized peritonitis from perforated sigmoid diverticulum in a non-reducible inguinal hernia. Case report. Int J Colorectal Dis 31, 935–936 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00384-015-2363-y

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