Chronic Intussusception in Adults
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Enteric intussusception in adults.
Dear Sirs, We read with great interest the recent article of C. Toso et al. [Swiss Med Wkly 2005;135:87–90] [1], in which the authors report on a group of patients managed for intussusception over a 17-year period and review the literature. We agree with their views on the importance of early surgical management, but disagree with the emphasis placed on the utility of computed tomography (CT) a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Surgery
سال: 1964
ISSN: 0003-4932
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-196403000-00018