Morbidity and Mortality of Colostomy and its Closure in Children

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 596-599

  Chandramouli, B ^a,b   Srinivasan, K ^a   Jagdish, S ^a   Ananthakrishnan, N ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Anastamotic leak; Anorectal malformations; Colostomy; Colostomy closure; Excoriation; Hirschsprung's disease; Malnutrition; Prolapse; Sigmoid colostomy; Transverse colostomy

Indexed keywords

ANORECTAL MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; CHILD; COLOSTOMY; DEATH; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE ATRESIA; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM PERFORATION; SIGMOID; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TISSUE INJURY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUBERCULOSIS; VOLVULUS; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 16544387413     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2003.12.016     Document Type: Article

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