Increase of serum C-reactive protein is an early indicator of subsequent symptomatic anastomotic leakage after anterior resection

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 75-80

  Matthiessen, Peter ^a   Henriksson, M ^a   Hallbook O ^b   Grunditz, E ^c   Noren B ^b   Arbman, G ^c  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c VRINNEVI HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anastomotic leakage; C reactive protein; CT scan; Pelvic fluid collection; Rectal cancer; White blood cell count

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPLASIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECTUM CARCINOMA; RECTUM SURGERY; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTAL FISTULA; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 36949016026     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2007.01300.x     Document Type: Article

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