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World Journal of Surgery
Published in: World Journal of Surgery 6/2015

01-06-2015 | Letter to the Editor

Kiwi Seed Test for Detection of Enterocutaneous Fistula

Authors: Michael Knoop, Georg Fritzsch

Published in: World Journal of Surgery | Issue 6/2015

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Excerpt

We read with interest the paper of Gui et al. [1] on vacuum-assisted wound care for closure of low- and high-output enterocutaneous fistulas. We would like to share our observation of a simple bed-side test for the detection of low-output enterocutaneous fistulas. …
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Rahbour G, Gabe SM, Ullah MR, Thomas GP, Al-Hassi HO, Yassin NA et al (2013) Seven-year experience of enterocutaneous fistula with univariate and multivariate analysis of factors associated with healing: development of a validated scoring system. Colorectal Dis 15:1162–1170PubMed
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Metadata
Title
Kiwi Seed Test for Detection of Enterocutaneous Fistula
Authors
Michael Knoop
Georg Fritzsch
Publication date
01-06-2015
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
World Journal of Surgery / Issue 6/2015
Print ISSN: 0364-2313
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2323
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-014-2908-1

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