Laparoscopic vs. hand-assisted laparoscopic sigmoidectomy for diverticulitis

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 464-469

  Lee, Sang W ^a,b   Yoo, James ^a   Dujovny, Nadav ^a   Sonoda, Toyooki ^a   Milsom, Jeffrey W ^a  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Box 172 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Complicated diverticulitis; Diverticulitis; Hand assisted laparoscopic surgery; Laparoscopy

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIVERTICULITIS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FISTULA; GENDER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SIGMOIDECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLECTOMY; COLON, SIGMOID; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645358632     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-006-0500-y     Document Type: Review

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