Same admission colon resection with primary anastomosis for acute diverticulitis

American Surgeon

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 927-930

  Maggard, Melinda A ^a   Thompson, Jesse E ^a   Schmit, Paul J ^a   Chandler, Charlie F ^a   Bennion, Robert S ^a   Au, Ahn ^a   Hines, O Joe ^a,b  

^a OLIVE VIEW UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON RESECTION; COLON SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIVERTICULITIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; COLON, SIGMOID; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032876917     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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