Treatment of left-sided colonic emergencies: A comparison of US, UK and Australian surgeons

Techniques in Coloproctology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 127-133

  Kozman, D R ^a   Engledow, A H ^b   Keck, J O ^a   Motson, R W ^b   Lynch, A C ^a  

^a BOX HILL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b East Suffolk and North Essex Foundation Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colonic; Emergencies; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COLON ANASTOMOSIS; COLON OBSTRUCTION; COLON PERFORATION; COLON RESECTION; COLORECTAL ANASTOMOSIS; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PERITONITIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SIGMOID; SIGMOIDECTOMY; SURGEON; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; AUSTRALIA; COLECTOMY; COLONIC DISEASES; COLOSTOMY; EMERGENCIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67650732167     PISSN: 11236337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10151-009-0469-3     Document Type: Article

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