THE SURGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF DUODENAL DIVERTICULA
THE SURGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF DUODENAL DIVERTICULA
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DOI:
10.1056/nejm195202282460901
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发表时间:
1952-01-01
影响因子:
158.5
通讯作者:
MUDGE, TJ
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作者:
CATTELL, RB;MUDGE, TJ
DIVERTICULA of the duodenum are not uncommon, but reports of their surgical removal are infrequent. This infrequency reflects, probably more than anything else, the difficulty encountered in deciding whether a known diverticulum is the source of a patient's distress as well as the dangers involved in its excision. Because these lesions usually exist without causing symptoms and because, when they do, the symptoms follow no clear-cut clinical pattern, one should hesitate to submit a patient to a procedure of significant risk without assurance that the operation has a reasonable chance of success. Hesitancy and doubt continue, despite the knowledge that . . .