Complicated diverticulitis: Are there indications for laparoscopic lavage and drainage?

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1465-1466

  Mutch, Matthew G ^a  

^a Campus Box 8109 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON LAVAGE; COLON RESECTION; COLOSTOMY; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MORBIDITY; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PERITONITIS; SEPSIS; STOMA; SURGICAL MORTALITY; ACUTE DISEASE; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LAPAROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; RETREATMENT; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ACUTE DISEASE; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; DRAINAGE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; LAPAROSCOPY; PERITONEAL LAVAGE; PERITONITIS; RETREATMENT;

EID: 78349293760     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/DCR.0b013e3181f2ee44     Document Type: Editorial

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