Acute diverticulitis of the left colon: Value of the initial CT and timing of elective colectomy

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1318-1320

  Ambrosetti, Patrick ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acute diverticulitis; CT; Elective colectomy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON RESECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; COLECTOMY; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; HUMANS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 48849095371     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-008-0489-8     Document Type: Article

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