Influence of Age on Clinical Outcome of Acute Diverticulitis

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1651-1656

  Unlu C ^a   van de Wall, B J ^b   Gerhards, M F ^c   Wiezer, M ^d   Draaisma, W A ^b   Consten, E C ^b   Boermeester, M A ^e   Vrouenraets, B C ^a  

^a ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Surgery   (Netherlands)

^c Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis ^*  (Netherlands)

^d ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute diverticulitis; Age; Risk factors; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON RESECTION; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COLECTOMY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84883251109     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-013-2240-3     Document Type: Article

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