Internal hernias: clinical findings, management, and outcomes in 49 nonbariatric cases.

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Published in J Gastrointest Surg on March 01, 2007

Authors

Saber Ghiassi1, Scott Q Nguyen, Celia M Divino, John C Byrn, Avraham Schlager

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1259, New York, NY 10029, USA.

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