Comparison of two closure techniques for the repair of experimental colonic perforations

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 514-517

  Edwards, D P ^a   Warren, B F ^b   Galbraith, K A ^a   Watkins, P E ^a  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COLON PERFORATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALING; HISTOLOGY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL STAPLING; SUTURE; SWINE; WOUND CLOSURE;

ANIMALS; COLON; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; PERITONITIS; PRESSURE; SURGICAL STAPLING; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SWINE; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 0032962681     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.1999.01070.x     Document Type: Article

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