Routine evaluation of the distal colon remnant before Hartmann's reversal is not necessary in asymptomatic patients

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2260-2267

  Ballian, Nikiforos ^a   Zarebczan, Barbara ^a   Munoz, Alejandro ^a   Harms, Bruce ^a   Heise, Charles P ^a   Foley, Eugene F ^a   Kennedy, Gregory D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Colostomy; Endoscopy; Enema; Hartmann's procedure

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; COLON; COLONOSCOPY; COLOSTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOGRAPHY; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; COLON; COLONOSCOPY; COLOSTOMY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 71149121512     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-009-0987-3     Document Type: Article

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