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You are here: Home / Videos / Peri-anal disease: do surgeons ever make a difference?

Peri-anal disease: do surgeons ever make a difference?

 

Presented by Alessandro Fichera, MD at the SAGES 2013 Annual Meeting; SAGES/ISLCRS Panel: IBD


outline–52 sec
epidemiology–1:19 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11910338
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7429313
classification–2:59 https://www.ncbi.n


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Video Uploaded By:
Alessandro Fichera
Uploaded on
12/24/2013
Video Categories
SAGES 2013 Meeting, SAGES/ISLCRS Panel: IBD
Learning Themes
Colorectal
Sources
2013 Annual Meeting
Video Authors
Fichera A
Video Institutions
Mount Sinai Hospital--New York NY, University of Illinois Urbana--Champaign IL, University of Washington Medical Center--Seattle WA


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