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Severe distal ischemic proctitis with venous congestion following anterior resection for sigmoid colon cancer: the importance of Sudeck’s point

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  1. Departments of Colon and Rectal Surgery, University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, Asanbyeongwon-gil 86, Songpa-gu, Seoul, 138-736, South Korea

    Kwan Mo Yang, Seok-Byung Lim, Chang Sik Yu & Jin Cheon Kim

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Yang, K.M., Lim, SB., Yu, C.S. et al. Severe distal ischemic proctitis with venous congestion following anterior resection for sigmoid colon cancer: the importance of Sudeck’s point. Int J Colorectal Dis 31, 1051–1052 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00384-015-2381-9

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