Postoperative management after loop ileostomy closer: Are we keeping patient in hospital too long?

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-55

  Baraza, W ^a   Wild, J ^b   Barber, W ^b   Brown, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Loop ileostomy reversal; Day case surgery; Lenth of stay

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; ENTEROPATHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; ILEOSTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REOPERATION; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILEOSTOMY; INTESTINAL DISEASES; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949882586     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588410X12518836439209     Document Type: Article

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