Treatment and outcomes of iatrogenic colon perforations at a community teaching hospital

American Surgeon

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 975-978

  Matharoo, Gurdeep S ^a   Goldfarb, Michael A ^a  

^a MONMOUTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON PERFORATION; COLON RESECTION; COLONOSCOPY; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SURGICAL INFECTION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLON; COLONIC DISEASES; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84865975444     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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