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World J Gastroenterol. Dec 28, 2011; 17(48): 5274-5279
Published online Dec 28, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i48.5274
Published online Dec 28, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i48.5274
Impact of early or delayed elective resection in complicated diverticulitis
Kai Bachmann, Geeske Krause, Tamina Rawnaq, Lena Tomkotter, Yogesh Vashist, Shanly Shahmiri, Jakob R Izbicki, Maximilian Bockhorn, Department of General, Visceral and Thoracic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
Author contributions: Bachmann K analyzed and interpreted the data, and drafted the manuscript; Krause G and Rawnaq T acquired, analyzed and interpreted the data; Tomkotter L drafted the manuscript; Vashist Y revised the manuscript; Shahmiri S drafted the manuscript and statistical analysis; Izbicki JR studied concept and designed and studied supervision; Bockhorn M studied concept, and designed and drafted the manuscript.
Correspondence to: Kai Bachmann, MD, Department of Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany. k.bachmann@uke.de
Telephone: +49-40-741057346 Fax: +49-40-741044995
Received: May 30, 2011
Revised: September 2, 2011
Accepted: September 9, 2011
Published online: December 28, 2011
Revised: September 2, 2011
Accepted: September 9, 2011
Published online: December 28, 2011
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