Colorectal anastomotic leakage: Aspects of prevention, detection and treatment

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 19, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 2293-2297

  Daams, Freek ^a   Luyer, Misha ^a   Lange, Johan F ^b  

^a CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anastomotic leakage; Colorectal surgery; Complications; Postoperative care; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL DISEASE; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECISION MAKING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE AWARENESS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 84876571414     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i15.2293     Document Type: Article

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