Reversible colostomy - What is the outcome?

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1227-1231

  Mealy, K ^a,b   O'Broin, E ^a   Donohue, J ^a   Tanner, A ^a   Keane, F B V ^a  

^a ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Colonic surgery; Colostomy; Morbidity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLON DISEASE; COLON STENOSIS; COLON SURGERY; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; COLOSTOMY; DIVERTICULOSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; STOMA; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029860670     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02055113     Document Type: Article

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