The morbidity surrounding reversal of defunctioning ileostomies: A systematic review of 48 studies including 6,107 cases

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 711-723

  Chow, Andre ^a   Tilney, Henry S ^a   Paraskeva, Paraskevas ^a   Jeyarajah, Santhini ^a   Zacharakis, Emmanouil ^a   Purkayastha, Sanjay ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Closure; Complications; Defunctioning ileostomy; Loop ileostomy; Morbidity; Reversal

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL CLOSURE; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; COLORECTAL SURGERY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; ILEOSTOMY; INCISIONAL HERNIA; INTESTINE FISTULA; INTESTINE PERFORATION; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LAPAROTOMY; LOOP ILEOSTOMY CLOSURE; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERITONITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION;

HOSPITALS; HUMANS; ILEOSTOMY; LAPAROTOMY;

EID: 67349114863     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-009-0660-z     Document Type: Review

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