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The morbidity and cost of the temporary colostomy

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

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  1. Department of Surgery, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan

    Rene Smit M.D. &  Alexander J. Walt M.D.

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Read at the meeting of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, San Diego, California, June 11 to 15, 1978.

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Smit, R., Walt, A.J. The morbidity and cost of the temporary colostomy. Dis Colon Rectum 21, 558–561 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02586395

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