Functional results following elective laparoscopic sigmoidectomy after CT-proven diagnosis of acute diverticulitis evaluation of 43 patients and review of the literature

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 767-772

  Ambrosetti, Patrick ^a,c   Francis, Karim ^a   Weintraub, Dominique ^b   Weintraub, Jonathan ^b  

^a Clinique Generale de Beaulieu   (Switzerland)

^b Laboratoire Weintraub SA   (Switzerland)

^c NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

CT; Diverticulitis; Laparoscopic sigmoidectomy; Postoperative functional results

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON RESECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONVALESCENCE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOGRAPHY; SIGMOID; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; COLECTOMY; COLON, SIGMOID; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34250209527     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-007-0138-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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