Controlled intraoperative water testing of left-sided colorectal anastomoses: Are ileostomies avoidable?

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 105-108

  Wheeler, J M D ^a,b   Gilbert, J M ^a  

^a WEXHAM PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal anastomoses; Ileostomies; Testing

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL ANASTOMOSIS; COLORECTAL SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILEOSTOMY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANOMETER; PRESSURE; RECTUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; COLON; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032994959     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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