Local formalin instillation: an effective treatment for uncontrolled radiation-induced hemorrhagic proctitis

R Ouwendijk1, G W M Tetteroo, W Bode

  • 1Department of General Surgery, IJsselland Hospital, Capelle a/d IJssel, The Netherlands.

Digestive Surgery
|April 19, 2002
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