Closure of loop ileostomies: Is early discharge safe and achievable?

Scottish Medical Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-29

  Ihedioha, U ^a   Muhtaseb, S ^a   Kalmar, K ^a   Donnelly, L ^a   Muir, V ^a   Macdonald, A ^a  

^a MONKLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; FISTULA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ILEOSTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND CLOSURE;

EID: 77749245852     PISSN: 00369330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/rsmsmj.55.1.27     Document Type: Article

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