Tube caecostomy to protect rectal anastomoses

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1533-1534

  Thomson, W H F ^a   White, S ^a   O'Leary, D P ^a  

^a GLOUCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CECOSTOMY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM ANASTOMOSIS; RECTUM RESECTION; REOPERATION;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CECOSTOMY; COLONIC DISEASES; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031788473     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.1998.00913.x     Document Type: Article

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