Subtotal colectomy for malignant left-sided colon obstruction is associated with a lower anastomotic leak rate than segmental colectomy

Anticancer Research

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 3501-3506

  Kaser S A ^a   Glauser, P M ^a   Kunzli B ^a   Dolanc, R ^a   Bassotti, G ^b   Maurer, Christoph A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colonic cancer; Colonic obstruction; Segmental colectomy; Subtotal colectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; COLON OBSTRUCTION; COLON RESECTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEGMENTAL COLECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; COLECTOMY; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84865694507     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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