Seminars in Pediatric Surgery
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 58-63 , February 2007

Current management of the acute scrotum

  • John M. Gatti, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: John M. Gatti, MD, University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Medicine, Department of Surgery/Urology, Children’s Mercy Hospital, 2401 Gillham Road, Kansas City, MO 64108.
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  • J. Patrick Murphy, MD

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doi: 10.1053/j.sempedsurg.2006.10.008

Seminars in Pediatric Surgery
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 58-63 , February 2007

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