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Do All Patients Require Resection After Successful Drainage of Diverticular Abscesses?

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  1. Department of Surgery, Surgical Health Outcomes and Research Enterprise (SHORE), University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA

    Christopher T. Aquina & Fergal J. Fleming

  2. Department of Surgery, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA

    Jason Hall

  3. Department of Surgery, University of Chicago Medicine, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, MC 5095, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA

    Neil Hyman

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Aquina, C.T., Fleming, F.J., Hall, J. et al. Do All Patients Require Resection After Successful Drainage of Diverticular Abscesses?. J Gastrointest Surg 24, 219–220 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-019-04396-6

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