What proportion of patients with an ostomy (for diverticulitis) get reversed?

American Surgeon

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 928-931

  Maggard, Melinda A ^a,c   Zingmond, David ^a   O'Connell, Jessica B ^a,b   Ko, Clifford Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON RESECTION; COLOSTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CALIFORNIA; COLECTOMY; COLOSTOMY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION;

EID: 16644396082     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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