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World J Gastroenterol. Feb 28, 2010; 16(8): 992-996
Published online Feb 28, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i8.992
Endoscopy-based early enterostomy closure for superior mesenteric arterial occlusion
Takatsugu Oida, Hisao Kano, Kenji Mimatsu, Atsushi Kawasaki, Youichi Kuboi, Nobutada Fukino, Sadao Amano
Takatsugu Oida, Hisao Kano, Kenji Mimatsu, Atsushi Kawasaki, Youichi Kuboi, Nobutada Fukino, Department of Surgery, Social Insurance Yokohama Central Hospital, 268 Yamashita-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama 231-8553, Japan
Sadao Amano, Department of Surgery, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1, Kami-cho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 177-0023, Japan
Author contributions: Oida T, Mimatsu K, Kano H, Kawasaki A, Kuboi Y and Fukino N carried out the surgery and were consultants overseeing the patients’ care; Oida T wrote the manuscript; Amano S drafted the manuscript and revised it critically.
Correspondence to: Takatsugu Oida, MD, PhD, Department of Surgery, Social Insurance Yokohama Central Hospital, 268 Yamashita-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama 231-8553, Japan. ooida.takatsugu@yokochu.jp
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Received: November 16, 2009
Revised: December 19, 2009
Accepted: December 26, 2009
Published online: February 28, 2010
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