Ruptured giant colonic diverticulum

American Surgeon

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1073-1074

  Abou Nukta, Fadi ^a,b   Bakhus, Charles ^a   Ikekpeazu, Nkemanekum ^a   Ciardiello, Kenneth ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF SAINT RAPHAEL   (United States)

^b Department of Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON RESECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RARE DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUPTURE; SIGMOID; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; COLECTOMY; COLON, SIGMOID; DIVERTICULUM, COLON; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; RARE DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644868732     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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