Smoking, hypertension, and colonic anastomotic healing; a combined clinical and histopathological study

Gut

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 714-718

  Fawcett, A ^a   Shembekar, M ^a   Church, J S ^a   Vashisht, R ^a   Springall, R G ^a   Nott, D M ^a  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anastomosis; atherosclerosis; colon; dehiscence; hypertension; smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; COLON ANASTOMOSIS; COLON BIOPSY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

EID: 0030000034     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.38.5.714     Document Type: Article

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