Elective Surgery for Diverticulitis is Associated with High Risk of Intestinal Diversion and Hospital Readmission in Older Adults

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1867-1874

  Lidor, Anne O ^a   Schneider, Eric ^a   Segal, Jodi ^a   Yu, Qilu ^a   Feinberg, Richard ^a   Wu, Albert W ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Diverticular disease; Elderly; Prophylactic colectomy; Sigmoid diverticulitis; Surgical outcomes

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COLOSTOMY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIVERTICULITIS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; ILEOSTOMY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLOSTOMY; DIVERTICULITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILEOSTOMY; MALE; PATIENT READMISSION; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 78649705386     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-010-1344-2     Document Type: Article

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