Sigmoid volvulus: A 10-year-audit

Irish Journal of Medical Science

Volumn 171, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 216-217

  Connolly, S ^a   Brannigan, A E ^a   Heffernan, E ^a   Hyland, John M P ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON RESECTION; COMORBIDITY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PARKINSON DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SIGMOID VOLVULUS; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SIGMOID DISEASES;

EID: 0036821582     PISSN: 00211265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03170284     Document Type: Article

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