Impact of location on outcome after penetrating colon injuries

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1428-1432

  Sharpe, John P ^a   Magnotti, Louis J ^a   Weinberg, Jordan A ^a   Zarzaur, Ben L ^a   Shahan, Charles P ^a   Parks, Nancy A ^a   Fabian, Timothy C ^a   Croce, Martin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

algorithm; colon injury; leak; Location; trauma

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ALGORITHM; ALKALOSIS; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; COLON INJURY; COLON SURGERY; COMORBIDITY; DESCENDING COLON; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK; SIGMOID; SUTURE; TRANSVERSE COLON;

ADULT; COLON; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 84871257901     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31825bff06     Document Type: Article

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