The value of specialization - Is there an outcome difference in the management of fistulas complicating diverticulitis

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1456-1463

  Di Carlo, A ^a   Andtbacka, R H I ^a   Shrier, I ^a   Belliveau, P ^b   Trudel, J L ^b   Stein, B L ^b   Gordon, P H ^b   Vasilevsky, C A ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diverticulitis; Fistula; Outcome; Specialization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLON FISTULA; COLON SURGERY; COLOSTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVERTICULITIS; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECTUM SURGERY; STENOSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

CANADA; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL SURGERY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DIVERTICULITIS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINAL FISTULA; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEDICAL AUDIT; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPECIALISM; SURGERY; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL;

EID: 0034790539     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02234597     Document Type: Article

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