Anastomotic leak management after a low anterior resection leading to recurrent abdominal compartment syndrome: A case report and review of the literature

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Toutouzas, Kostas ^a   Kleidi, Eleftheria S ^a   Drimousis, Panagiotis G ^a   Balla, Margarita ^b   Papanikolaou, Metaxia N ^b   Larentzakis, Andreas ^a   Theodorou, Dimitrios ^a   Katsaragakis, Stylianos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE; PETHIDINE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ABDOMINAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; ILEOSTOMY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OPERATING ROOM; PERITONITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM ANTERIOR RESECTION; RECTUM CARCINOMA; SEPSIS; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 73849097894     PISSN: 17521947     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-3-125     Document Type: Article

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