Emergency surgery for colonic diverticulitis: Differences between right-sided and left-sided lesions

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 280-284

  Law, W L ^a   Lo, C Y ^a   Chu, K W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Differences between right sided and left sided lesions; Emergency surgery for colonic diverticulitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; ASIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON SURGERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034816132     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003840100339     Document Type: Article

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