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Sigmoid volvulus: the first one thousand-case single center series in the world

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  1. Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Ataturk University, 25040, Erzurum, Turkey

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This study was approved by Ethical Committee of Ataturk University Faculty of Medicine, No: 23.02.2017-21.

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Atamanalp, S.S. Sigmoid volvulus: the first one thousand-case single center series in the world. Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg 45, 175–176 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00068-017-0859-6

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