Early vs. delayed elective laparoscopic-assisted colectomy in sigmoid diverticulitis: Timing of surgery in relation to the acute attack

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1911-1917

  Zingg, Urs ^a,b   Pasternak, Itai ^a   Guertler, Lukas ^a   Dietrich, Michael ^a   Wohlwend, Karl Anton ^a   Metzger, Urs ^a  

^a TRIEMLI HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Conversion rate; Diverticulitis; Laparoscopic sigmoid resection; Surgical morbidity; Timing of surgery

Indexed keywords

CEFUROXIME; METRONIDAZOLE;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COLON RESECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DIVERTICULITIS; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; COLECTOMY; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIGMOID DISEASES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35948988499     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-007-9042-1     Document Type: Article

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