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Negative pressure therapy as palliative treatment for a colonic fistula

Manuel Ruiz-Lopez1, Alberto Titos, Ivan Gonzalez-Poveda

  • 1Colorectal Unit, Carlos Haya University Hospital, Malaga, SpainDigestive and Transplantation Surgery, Carlos Haya University Hospital, Malaga, SpainCarlos Haya University Hospital, Malaga, SpainHead of Colorectal Unit, European Board on Colorectal Surgery, Carlos Haya University Hospital, Malaga, SpainDirector of General, Digestive and Transplantation Surgery, European Board on Transplant Surgery, Carlos Haya University Hospital, Malaga, Spain.

International Wound Journal
|August 30, 2012
PubMed

Keywords:
Enterocuataneous fistula; Negative pressure therapy; Palliative care

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