Should completely intracorporeal anastomosis be considered in obese patients who undergo laparoscopic colectomy for benign or malignant disease of the colon?
- 31 October 2006
- Vol. 140 (4) , 675-683
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2006.07.013
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