Colon and rectal injuries during operation Iraqi freedom: Are there any changing trends in management or outcome?

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 870-877

  Steele, Scott R ^a,b   Wolcott, Kate E ^a   Mullenix, Philip S ^a   Martin, Matthew J ^a   Sebesta, James A ^a   Azarow, Kenneth S ^a   Beekley, Alec C ^a  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colon and rectal trauma; Operation Iraqi Freedom; Penetrating injuries; Stoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANUS SPHINCTER; ANUS SPHINCTER DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON ANASTOMOSIS; COLON INJURY; COLON RESECTION; COLON SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREEDOM; HUMAN; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM INJURY; RECTUM SURGERY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; STOMA; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSVERSE COLON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAL CANAL; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLON; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; IRAQ; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; STOMAS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WAR; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 34249884781     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-007-0235-4     Document Type: Article

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