Current practices in left-sided colonic emergencies: A survey of US gastrointestinal surgeons

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 399-402

  Goyal, Ajay ^a   Schein, Moshe ^b,c  

^a NEW YORK METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRONX LEBANON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute diverticulitis; Anastomosis; Colonic emergencies; Colonic obstruction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLON; COLON LAVAGE; COLON OBSTRUCTION; COLON PERFORATION; COLON RESECTION; COLOSTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVERTICULOSIS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; ILEORECTAL ANASTOMOSIS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SIGMOID; SIGMOIDECTOMY; SURGEON; UNITED STATES;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; COLONIC DISEASES; DIVERTICULUM, COLON; EMERGENCIES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035200679     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000050181     Document Type: Article

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