Colostomy in conflict: Military colonic surgery

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 243-244

  Edwards, D P ^a   Galbraith, K A ^a  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARMY; COLON ANASTOMOSIS; COLON INJURY; COLON SURGERY; COLOSTOMY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MORBIDITY; POLICY; SHORT SURVEY; SOUTH AFRICA; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNITED STATES;

COLON; COLOSTOMY; HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; WAR;

EID: 0030767925     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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