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Emphysema of the leg as a presenting sign of large-intestinal perforation: Report of two cases

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

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  1. Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, University of Minnsota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    Philip L. Robbins M.D., David E. R. Sutherland M.D., John S. Najarian M.D. & William C. Bernstein M.D.

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Read at the meeting of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 2 to 6, 1976.

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Robbins, P.L., Sutherland, D.E.R., Najarian, J.S. et al. Emphysema of the leg as a presenting sign of large-intestinal perforation: Report of two cases. Dis Colon Rectum 20, 144–148 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02587333

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