Elective surgery for diverticular disease: An audit of surgical pathology and treatment

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 530-536

  Killingback, Mark ^a,c   Barron, Prudence E ^b   Dent, Owen F ^b  

^a SYDNEY ADVENTIST HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

^c Concord Hospital ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Audit; Diverticulitis; Elective surgery; Surgical pathology classification; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DIVERTICULOSIS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIVERTICULITIS; DIVERTICULUM, COLON; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 3442876176     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2004.03071.x     Document Type: Article

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