Anastomotic leakage following low anterior resection: Results of a standardized diagnostic and therapeutic approach

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 128-133

  Eckmann, C ^a   Kujath, P ^a   Schiedeck, T H K ^a   Shekarriz, H ^a   Bruch, H P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anastomotic Leakage; Complications of rectal surgery; Low anterior resection; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ENEMA;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; ILEOSTOMY; INTESTINE FUNCTION; LAVAGE; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PELVIS ABSCESS; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTOSCOPY; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM SURGERY; RETROPERITONEUM; STANDARDIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1242330398     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-003-0498-8     Document Type: Article

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