Acute Spontaneous Perforation of Rectosigmoid Junction in a Patient with Quadriplegia following Spinal Cord Injury
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Surgery
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2090-6919,2090-6900
DOI: 10.1155/2020/8881840