Canadian attitudes toward use of primary repair in management of colon trauma: A survey of 317 members of the Canadian Association of General Surgeons

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 40-44

  Pezim, Michael E ^a   Vestrup, Judith A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colon; Colostomy; Primary repair; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COLON INJURY; COLON SURGERY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; STAB WOUND; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLON; COLOSTOMY; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 0030029107     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02048267     Document Type: Article

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