Management of colonic injuries in the combat theater

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 728-734

  Cho, S David ^a   Kiraly, Laszlo N ^a   Flaherty, Stephen F ^b   Herzig, Daniel O ^a   Lu, Kim C ^a   Schreiber, Martin A ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LANDSTUHL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colonic injury; Combat; Military surgery; Operation iraqi freedom; Trauma

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA;

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ABDOMINAL PENETRATING TRAUMA; ABSCESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; BLAST INJURY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COLON ANASTOMOSIS; COLON INJURY; COLON RESECTION; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; FEMALE; GERMANY; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE; ISCHEMIA; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SURGICAL INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLON; COLORECTAL SURGERY; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY MEDICINE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLON; COLORECTAL SURGERY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY MEDICINE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WAR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77951913333     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/DCR.0b013e3181d326fd     Document Type: Article

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