A defunctioning ileostomy does not prevent clinical anastomotic leak after a low anterior resection: A prospective, comparative study

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2076-2079

  Wong, N Y ^a   Eu, K W ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Clinical anastomotic leak; Defunctioning ileostomy; Low anterior resection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILEOSTOMY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SELECTION; PERITONITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOLOGY; RECTUM ANTERIOR RESECTION; SEPTICEMIA; STANDARDIZATION; STOMA; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; COLECTOMY; COLON; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COLOSTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ILEOSTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTUM; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 29844452176     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-005-0146-1     Document Type: Article

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