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Research Article

Proctocolectomy Is Associated with a Higher Complication Rate but Carries a Lower Recurrence Rate Than Total Colectomy and Ileorectal Anastomosis in Crohn Colitis

T. Yamamoto University Dept. of Surgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, B15 2TH UK
Pages 1212-1215 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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