Prognostic factors of perforated sigmoid diverticulitis in the elderly

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 100-106

  Mäkelä, Jyrki Tapani ^a   Kiviniemi, Heikki ^a   Laitinen, Seppo ^a  

^a OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Diverticulitis; Elderly patients; Left colonic peritonitis; Perforated

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON PERFORATION; COLOSTOMY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONITIS; PROGNOSIS; REOPERATION; SIGMOID DISEASES;

EID: 19944375131     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000085472     Document Type: Article

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