Management of patients with stercoral perforation of the sigmoid colon: Report of five cases

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 500-503

  Huang, Wen Shih ^a,b   Wang, Chia Siu ^a   Hsieh, Ching Chuan ^a   Lin, Paul Y ^a   Chin, Chih Chien ^a   Wang, Jeng Yi ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Colon; Management; Stercoral perforation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON PERFORATION; COLON RESECTION; COLOSTOMY; CONSTIPATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; PERITONITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEPSIS; SIGMOID; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM;

EID: 33644689353     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i3.500     Document Type: Article

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