Colonic resection in the setting of damage control laparotomy: Is delayed anastomosis safe?

American Surgeon

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 606-609

  Miller, Preston R ^a   Chang, Michael C ^a   Hoth, J Jason ^a   Holmes IV, James H ^a   Meredith, J Wayne ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; COLON INJURY; COLON SURGERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAMAGE CONTROL LAPAROTOMY; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; HEMICOLECTOMY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LAPAROTOMY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PENETRATING TRAUMA; REOPERATION; SAFETY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ADULT; COLON; COLON RESECTION; COLOSTOMY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; ILEUM; INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIGMOID; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; COLECTOMY; COLON; COLON, SIGMOID; COLOSTOMY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILEUM; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 34548565935     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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