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An unusual complication of renal transplantation: a fistula between the sigmoid colon and the graft

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  1. Department of General Surgery, Hospital of Camposampiero, Via P.Cosma 1, 35012, Padua, Italy

    Valerio Masiero, Camillo Orsini, Sara-Maria Tosato & Emilio Morpurgo

  2. Department of Nephrology, Hospital of Camposampiero, Padua, Italy

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Masiero, V., Orsini, C., Tosato, SM. et al. An unusual complication of renal transplantation: a fistula between the sigmoid colon and the graft. Updates Surg 65, 249–251 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13304-012-0148-1

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