Surgery
Volume 147, Issue 3 , Pages 373-377 , March 2010

The relevance of transition zones on computed tomography in the management of small bowel obstruction

Presented at the annual SSAT meeting.

,Accepted 2 October 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2009.10.005

Surgery
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