Passage of "colonic cast" after colorectal surgery: Report of four cases and review of the literature

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1045-1051

  Erguney, Sabri ^a   Yavuz, Nihat ^a   Ersoy, Yeliz E ^a   Teksoz, Serkan ^a   Selcuk, Dogan ^a   Ogut, Gunduz ^a   Dogusoy, Gulen ^a   Alver, Olcay ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Colonic cast; Colonic ischemia; Colorectal surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLON; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECTUM; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; COLON; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECTUM;

EID: 34547162593     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-007-0194-z     Document Type: Article

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