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The Hartmann procedure would appear to offer many advantages and few disadvantages in treating those cases of sigmoid diverticulitis complicated by obstruction or pelvic or intraperitoneal abscesses, with or without perforation and diffuse peritonitis.
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Read at the meeting of the American Proctologic Society, New York, New York, June 11 to 14, 1972. This paper received the Education Committee Award.
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Labow, S.B., Salvati, E.P. & Rubin, R.J. The Hartmann procedure in the treatment of diverticular disease. Dis Colon Rectum 16, 392–394 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02587584
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