Timing and results of the surgical treatment of the diverticular disease of the colon;Timing e risultati della terapia chirurgica della malattia diverticolare del colon

Annali Italiani di Chirurgia

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 497-502

  Ferulano, Giuseppe P ^a   Dilillo, Saverio ^a   D'Ambra, Michele ^a   Saviano, Cecilia ^a   Brunaccino, Rossella ^a   Lionetti, Ruggero ^a   Fico, Domenico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Diverticular disease; Surgical steps

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; METRONIDAZOLE;

AGED; ARTICLE; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON RESECTION; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIGMOID; TIME;

AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; COLECTOMY; COLON, SIGMOID; COLONOSCOPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34247221017     PISSN: 0003469X     EISSN: 2239253X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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