Traumatic injury of the colon and rectum: The evidence vs dogma

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1184-1201

  Steele, Scott R ^a   Maykel, Justin A ^b   Johnson, Eric K ^c  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c EISENHOWER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectum; Injury management; Morbidity; Mortality; Traumatic injury

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ABSCESS; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; COLON INJURY; COLON RESECTION; COLON SURGERY; COLOSTOMY; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; ILEUS; INTESTINE FISTULA; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRESACRAL DRAINAGE; RECTUM INJURY; STOMA; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ALGORITHMS; COLON; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COLOSTOMY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RECTUM; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 80052759545     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/DCR.0b013e3182188a60     Document Type: Article

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