Surgical management of complicated diverticulitis: A comparison of the laparoscopic and open approaches

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 216, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 782-788

  Mbadiwe, Tafari ^a   Obirieze, Augustine C ^a   Cornwell III, Edward E ^a,b   Turner, Patricia ^c   Fullum, Terrence M ^b  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON ANASTOMOSIS; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON RESECTION; COLOSTOMY; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE DATABASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

EID: 84875289641     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2013.02.003     Document Type: Article

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