Computed tomography in the initial management of acute left-sided diverticulitis

Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 1992, Pages 1123-1129

  Hachigian, Mark P ^a,b   Honickman, Steven ^a,b   Eisenstat, Theodore E ^a,b   Rubin, Robert J ^a,b   Salvati, Eugene P ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; CT; Diverticulitis; Percutaneous drainage

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; COLON OBSTRUCTION; COLON RESECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIVERTICULITIS; FEMALE; FISTULA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABSCESS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC DISEASES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINAL FISTULA; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PERITONITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIGMOID DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0026496174     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02251962     Document Type: Article

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