The efficacy of intraoperative methylene blue enemas to assess the integrity of a colonic anastomosis

BMC Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Smith, Stanton ^a   McGeehin, William ^b   Kozol, Robert A ^a   Giles, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Charlotte Hungerford Hospital Torrington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLENE BLUE; COLORING AGENT; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; ENEMA;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; COLON ANASTOMOSIS; COLON SURGERY; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; METHYLENE BLUE ENEMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECTAL TUBE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL STAPLING; TUBE; ANASTOMOSIS; COLON; MIDDLE AGED; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; COLON; COLORING AGENTS; ENEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; METHYLENE BLUE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 34548175745     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2482-7-15     Document Type: Article

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