Civilian colon trauma: Factors that predict success by primary repair

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 685-692

  Durham, Rodney M ^a   Pruitt, Christopher ^a   Moran, John ^a   Longo, Walter E ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Civilian colon trauma; Colostomy; Primary repair

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; COLON INJURY; COLON SURGERY; COLOSTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLON; COLOSTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 0031009359     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02140898     Document Type: Article

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