Diverticulitis: An Update From the Age Old Paradigm

Overview

Journal Curr Probl Surg

Specialty General Surgery

Date 2020 Oct 20

PMID 33077029

Citations 29

Authors

Alexander T Hawkins

Paul E Wise

Tiffany Chan

Janet T Lee

Tamara Glyn

Verity Wood

Timothy Eglinton

Frank Frizelle

Adil Khan

Jason Hall

M I Mohammed Ilyas

Maria Michailidou

Valentine N Nfonsam

Michelle L Cowan

Jennifer Williams

Scott R Steele

Karim Alavi

C Tyler Ellis

Danielle Collins

Des C Winter

Karen Zaghiyan

Gaetano Gallo

Michele Carvello

Antonino Spinelli

Amy L Lightner

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