Surgical outcomes after total colectomy with ileorectal anastomosis in patients with medically intractable slow transit constipation

Journal of the Korean Society of Coloproctology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 180-187

  Sohn, Guiyun ^a   Chang, Sik Yu ^a   Chan, Wook Kim ^a   Jae, Young Kwak ^a   Tae, Young Jang ^a   Kyung, Ho Kim ^a   Song, Soo Yang ^a   Yong, Sik Yoon ^a   Lim, Seok Byung ^a   Jin, Cheon Kim ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Colectomy; Colonic inertia; Postoperative complication; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILEORECTAL ANASTOMOSIS; ILEUS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL COLON RESECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEXNER SCORE;

EID: 80054117342     PISSN: 20937822     EISSN: 20937830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3393/jksc.2011.27.4.180     Document Type: Article

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