The importance of radiological controls of anastomoses after upper gastrointestinal tract surgery - a retrospective cohort study.

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Published in Patient Saf Surg on November 11, 2010

Authors

Joerg Doerfer1, Thomas Meyer, Peter Klein, Nathaniel Melling, Alexander G Kerscher, Werner Hohenberger, Joerg Ow Pelz

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Surgery, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany. joerg.doerfer@web.de.

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