Handsewn versus stapled anastomosis in penetrating colon injuries requiring resection: a multicenter study

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 117-121

  Demetriades, Demetrios ^a   Murray, James A ^a   Chan, Linda S ^b   Ordonez C ^b   Bowley, D ^b   Nagy, Kimberly K ^c   Cornwell, Edward E ^c   Velmahos, George C ^c   Munoz N ^c   Hatzitheofilou, C ^d   Schwab, C William ^d   Rodriguez, Aurelio ^d   Cornejo, C ^d   Davis, Kimberly A ^e   Namias, Nicholas ^e   Wisner, David H ^e   Ivatury, Rao R ^f   Moore, Ernest E ^f   Acosta, Jose A ^f   Maull, Kimball I ^f   Thomason, Michael H ^f   Spain, David A ^f   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Carraway Methodist Medical Center   (Canada)

^e CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON ANASTOMOSIS; COLON INJURY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPLER; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SUTURING METHOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; COLECTOMY; COLON; COLONIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL STAPLING; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 0036156150     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200201000-00020     Document Type: Article

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