Is primary anastomosis safe in the surgical management of complications of acute diverticulitis?

American Surgeon

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 787-790

  Stumpf, Michael J ^a   Vinces, Fausto Y ^a   Edwards, Joseph ^a  

^a ST BARNABAS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ANESTHESIST; APACHE; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COLON DISEASE; COLOSTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVERTICULITIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIETY; SURGEON; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION; ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; CELLULITIS; COLON; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; FOLLOW UP; METHODOLOGY; PERITONITIS; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CELLULITIS; COLON; COLOSTOMY; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK; PERITONITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34848889950     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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