Management of selected rectal injuries by primary repair

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 172, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 575-579

  Levine, Jeffrey H ^a   Longo, Walter E ^a   Pruitt, Christopher ^a   Mazuski, John E ^a   Shapiro, Marc J ^a   Durham, Rodney M ^a  

^a S LOUIS UNIV HLTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOSTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM FISTULA; RECTUM INJURY; RECTUM SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COLORECTAL SURGERY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECTUM;

EID: 0030297135     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(96)00244-9     Document Type: Article

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