Primary repair of penetrating colon injuries: A systematic review

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1579-1587

  Singer, Marc A ^a,b   Nelson, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Colon; Colostomy; Meta analysis; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ABDOMINAL PENETRATING TRAUMA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON INJURY; COLOSTOMY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

COLON; COLOSTOMY; HUMANS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; ODDS RATIO; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 0036902909     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-004-7243-4     Document Type: Article

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