Injecting drugs by a tube from appendix stump to colon may be a good method for dealing with refractory ulcerative

Xiangshang Xu1, Zhixin Cao, Xiaolan Li

  • 1Gastrointestinal Surgery Center of Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, PR China.

Medical Hypotheses
|November 26, 2009
PubMed

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