Elective surgery after acute diverticulitis

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 133-142

  Janes, S ^a   Meagher, A ^b   Frizelle, F A ^a  

^a CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONSULTATION; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIVERTICULITIS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENDOSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE PERFORATION; INTESTINE RESECTION; IRRITABLE COLON; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENESCENCE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 13944269903     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.4873     Document Type: Review

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