Outcomes of primary repair and primary anastomosis in war-related colon injuries

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1286-1291

  Vertrees, Amy ^a   Wakefield, Matthew ^a   Pickett, Chris ^a   Greer, Lauren ^a   Wilson, Abralena ^b   Gillern, Sue ^a   Nelson, Jeffery ^a   Aydelotte, Jayson ^a   Stojadinovic, Alexander ^a   Shriver, Craig ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Brigade Surgeon's Office   (United States)

Author keywords

Colon; Damage control; Delayed anastomosis; Primary repair; War

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABDOMINAL BLEEDING; ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS DEHISCENCE; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; BILE LEAKAGE; BLADDER INJURY; BLAST INJURY; COLON ANASTOMOSIS; COLON INJURY; COLOSTOMY; CRUSH TRAUMA; DEATH; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAPHRAGM INJURY; DUODENUM INJURY; ENTEROCUTANEOUS FISTULA; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HERNIA; HUMAN; ILEOSTOMY; INTESTINE INJURY; KIDNEY INJURY; LENGTH OF STAY; LIMB INJURY; LIVER INJURY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PANCREAS INJURY; PELVIS FRACTURE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM INJURY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SPLEEN INJURY; STOMACH INJURY; SURGICAL INFECTION; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRANSVERSE COLON; TREATMENT FAILURE; URETER INJURY; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; ABDOMINAL INJURY; ANASTOMOSIS; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON; COLON RESECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; MILITARY MEDICINE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLDIER; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAR;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; BLAST INJURIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; COLECTOMY; COLON; COLOSTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649649771     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31819ea3fc     Document Type: Article

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