Contained anastomotic leaks after colorectal surgery are we too slow to act?

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 333-338

  Damrauer, Scott M ^a   Bordeianou, Liliana ^a   Berger, David ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; COLON RESECTION; COLORECTAL SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OPERATING ROOM; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM;

AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; COLECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 65349117648     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2008.589     Document Type: Article

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