Is routine pouchogram prior to ileostomy closure in colonic J-pouch really necessary?

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 117-120

  da Silva, G M ^a   Wexner, S D ^a   Gurland, B ^a   Gervaz, P ^a   Do Moon, Seong ^a   Efron, J ^a   Nogueras, J J ^a   Weiss, E G ^a   Vernava, A M ^a   Zmora, O ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

And anastomosis; Colonic; Ileostomy; J pouch; Pouchogram

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COLON ANASTOMOSIS; COLON DILATATION; COLON POUCH; COLON RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILEOSTOMY; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; VAGINA DISEASE; VILLOUS ADENOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANAL CANAL; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; COLON; COLONIC POUCHES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILEOSTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCTOCOLECTOMY, RESTORATIVE; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 12144289617     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2004.00586.x     Document Type: Review

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