Anastomotic leaks after intestinal anastomosis: It's later than you think

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 245, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 254-258

  Hyman, Neil ^a,b   Manchester, Thomas L ^a   Osler, Turner ^a   Burns, Betsy ^a   Cataldo, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ENEMA;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; ILEORECTAL ANASTOMOSIS; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE ANASTOMOSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SURGEON; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; COLON; COLONIC DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTAL DISEASES; RECTUM; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 33846404130     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000225083.27182.85     Document Type: Article

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