Treatment of left-sided colonic emergencies: A comparison of US and UK surgical practices

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 642-647

  Engledow, Alec H ^a   Bond Smith, G ^a   Motson, R W ^b   Jenkinson, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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

^c HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colonic; Emergencies; Left sided

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLON OBSTRUCTION; COLON PERFORATION; COLON SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; HARTMANN SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEFT SIDED COLONIC OBSTRUCTION; ON TABLE COLONIC LAVAGE; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; PRIMARY ANASTOMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; COLECTOMY; COLON, DESCENDING; COLON, SIGMOID; COLOSTOMY; DATA COLLECTION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67749120543     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2008.01631.x     Document Type: Article

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