Avoiding or reversing hartmann's procedure provides improved quality of life after perforated diverticulitis

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 651-657

  Vermeulen, Jefrey ^a   Gosselink, Martijn P ^b   Busschbach, Jan J V ^c   Lange, Johan F ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Maasstad Hospital ^*  (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hartmann's procedure; Perforated diverticulitis; Primary anastomosis; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLOSTOMY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE PERFORATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLOSTOMY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77950519534     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-010-1155-5     Document Type: Article

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