Surgical management of recurrent colon haemorrhage of unknown origin

Acta Chirurgica Belgica

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 481-484

  Simoens, Ch ^a   Mendes Da Costa, P ^a  

^a BRUGMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Angiography; Colectomy; Colonoscopy; Haematochezia; Scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

ANGIODYSPLASIA; ANGIOGRAPHY; ASCENDING COLON; COLON DISEASE; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON HEMORRHAGE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMATOCHEZIA; HEMICOLECTOMY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LAPAROTOMY; METHODOLOGY; PEROPERATIVE CARE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 1542719432     PISSN: 00015458     EISSN: 25770160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015458.2003.11679471     Document Type: Review

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