Diverticulitis

Bailliere's Best Practice and Research in Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 635-647

  Buchanan, Gordon N ^a   Kenefick, Nicholas J ^a   Cohen, C Richard G ^a  

^a ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservative management; Diverticulitis; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEFUROXIME; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON RESECTION; COLOSTOMY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG USE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; PATHOGENESIS; SKILL; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANASTOMOSIS; APPENDICITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENTERITIS; ENTEROSTOMY; HEMATOMA; HERNIA; IRRITABLE COLON; LAPAROSCOPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; AGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; METHODOLOGY; PERITONITIS; PROGNOSIS;

AGE FACTORS; CLINICAL TRIALS; COLECTOMY; COLOSTOMY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; PERITONITIS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0036675418     PISSN: 15216918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/bega.2002.0322     Document Type: Article

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