Penetrating rectal trauma: Management by anatomic distinction improves outcome

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 508-514

  Weinberg, Jordan A ^a,b   Fabian, Timothy C ^a,b   Magnotti, Louis J ^a   Minard, Gayle ^a   Bee, Tiffany K ^a   Edwards, Norma ^a   Claridge, Jeffery A ^a   Croce, Martin A ^a   Livingston, David H ^b   Davis, Kimberly A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Hollow viscous injury; Penetrating trauma; Rectal injury

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CLINICAL PATHWAY; COLOSTOMY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORBIDITY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM INJURY; RETROPERITONEAL ABSCESS; RETROPERITONEUM; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION; ABSCESS; CLASSIFICATION; COLONOSCOPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INJURY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RECTUM; SURGICAL INFECTION; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ABSCESS; ADULT; COLONOSCOPY; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RECTUM; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 33645553635     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000205808.46504.e9     Document Type: Article

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