The fate of colonic suture lines in high-risk trauma patients: A prospective analysis

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 58-63

  Cornwell III, Edward E ^a,b   Velmahos, George C ^a   Berne, Thomas V ^a   Murray, James A ^a   Chahwan, Santiago ^a   Asensio, Juan ^a   Demetriades, Demetrios ^a  

^a LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ABDOMINAL PENETRATING TRAUMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COLON ANASTOMOSIS; COLON INJURY; COLON RESECTION; COLON SURGERY; GUNSHOT INJURY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COLON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TIME FACTORS; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 0031814934     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1072-7515(98)00111-2     Document Type: Article

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