Conservative management of minor anastomotic leakage after open elective colorectal surgery

Annali Italiani di Chirurgia

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-28

  Paliogiannis, Panagiotis ^a   Attene, Federico ^a   Scognamillo, Fabrizio ^a   Trignano, Emilio ^b   Torre, Carlo ^a   Pulighe, Fabio ^a   Trignano, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anastomotic leak; Colorectal surgery; Dehiscence; Drainage tubes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866168673     PISSN: 2239253X     EISSN: 2239253X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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