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Small Bowel Obstruction in the Virgin Abdomen

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  1. Division of Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, California Medical Center, Los Angeles County and University of SouthernUniversity of Southern CaliforniaIPT, 2051 Marengo Street, Los Angeles, CA, C5L 10090033, USA

    Meghan Lewis, Panagiotis K. Liasidis, Valerie P. Huang, Elizabeth R. Benjamin, Cameron Ghafil, Dominik A. Jakob & Demetrios Demetriades

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Lewis, M., Liasidis, P.K., Huang, V.P. et al. Small Bowel Obstruction in the Virgin Abdomen. J Gastrointest Surg 27, 411–412 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-022-05294-0

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