Percutaneous drainage of colonic diverticular abscess: Is colon resection necessary?

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 622-626

  Gaertner, Wolfgang B ^a   Willis, David J ^b   Madoff, Robert D ^a   Rothenberger, David A ^a   Kwaan, Mary R ^a   Belzer, George E ^b   Melton, Genevieve B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b PARK NICOLLET INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diverticular abscess; Diverticulitis; Percutaneous drainage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLON RESECTION; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIVERTICULITIS; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT INDICATION; ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABSCESS; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; ELECTIVE SURGERY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PELVIS; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABSCESS; COLECTOMY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84878251376     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DCR.0b013e31828545e3     Document Type: Article

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