Determinants of recurrence after sigmoid resection for uncomplicated diverticulitis

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 385-388

  Thaler, Klaus ^a   Baig, Mirza K ^a   Berho, Mariana ^a   Weiss, Eric G ^a   Nogueras, Juan J ^a   Arnaud, J P ^b   Wexner, Steven D ^a   Bergamaschi, Roberto ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Diverticulitis; Recurrence; Sigmoid resection

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; COLORECTAL ANASTOMOSIS; COLOSIGMOID ANASTOMOSIS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DIVERTICULITIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE ANASTOMOSIS; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REOPERATION; SIGMOIDECTOMY; SPLEEN INJURY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL STAPLING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; COLECTOMY; COLON, SIGMOID; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; SIGMOID DISEASES;

EID: 0037339310     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-004-6560-y     Document Type: Article

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