Does CT Imaging Change the Clinical Management in Patients with Suspected Acute Colonic Diverticulitis?

Letter to Editor

Authors

1 Department of General Surgery, Al Hussein Teaching Hospital, Kerbala, Iraq

2 Colorectal Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran


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