Prospective study of primary anastomosis without colonic lavage for patients with an obstructed left colon

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1341-1343

  Naraynsingh, V ^a,b   Rampaul, R ^a   Maharaj, D ^b   Kuruvilla, T ^b   Ramcharan, K ^a   Pouchet, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b Medical Associates   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLON CARCINOMA; COLON LAVAGE; COLON OBSTRUCTION; COLOSTOMY; DECOMPRESSION; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE ANASTOMOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIS ABSCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND DRAINAGE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; COLONIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; IRRIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032818311     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.1999.01230.x     Document Type: Article

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