A randomised study of colostomies in low colorectal anastomoses

European Journal of Surgery

Volumn 163, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 929-933

  Pakkastie, Timo E ^a   Ovaska, Jari T ^b   Pekkala, Erkki S ^b   Luukkonen, Pekka E ^a   Järvinen, Heikki J ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Anastomotic leakage; Covering stoma; Low anterior resection; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL ANASTOMOSIS; COLOSTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTUM CANCER; REOPERATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; COLOSTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; REOPERATION;

EID: 0031443858     PISSN: 11024151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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