Is routine drainage of pelvic anastomosis necessary?

American Surgeon

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 452-457

  Scott, Henrique ^b   Brown, A Craig ^a,c  

^a Dept of Colon and Rectal Surgery   (United States)

^b INTERFAITH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Rectal and Colon Surgery Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS DEHISCENCE; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL ANASTOMOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERITONITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANASTOMOSIS, ROUX-EN-Y; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; COLON; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DRAINAGE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; SURGICAL STAPLING; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE;

EID: 0030014302     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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