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Intestinal obstruction due to axial torsion of a giant Meckel’s diverticulum: a case report

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The authors thank the whole nursing staff of Department of General Surgery of Tianjin Third Central Hospital.

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  1. Third Central Clinical College of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300170, China

    Bingbing Ren & Xiaobo Jia

  2. Department of General Surgery, Tianjin Third Central Hospital, Jintang Road 83, Hedong District, Tianjin, 300170, China

    Xiangchao Meng & Lin Li

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Ren, B., Jia, X., Meng, X. et al. Intestinal obstruction due to axial torsion of a giant Meckel’s diverticulum: a case report. Int J Colorectal Dis 30, 1133–1134 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00384-014-2107-4

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