Laparoscopic sigmoid resection for diverticulitis decreases major morbidity rates: A randomized controlled trial

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 250, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 501-502

  Klarenbeek, Bastiaan R ^a   Van Der Peet, Donald L ^a   Cuesta, Miguel A ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; APPENDECTOMY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL SURGERY; DIETARY INTAKE; DIVERTICULITIS; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE PREPARATION; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LETTER; MORBIDITY; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; PAIN; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENT; SIGMOIDECTOMY; SURGEON;

EID: 70249136935     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181b8ed1c     Document Type: Letter

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