Treating symptomatic adhesions to the sigmoid colon: Colectomy improves quality of life

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1407-1411

  Jarrar, Awad ^a   Church, James ^a,b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Desk A 30 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Colectomy; Pelvic pain; Sigmoid adhesions

Indexed keywords

LAXATIVE;

ADULT; BLOATING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COLON ANASTOMOSIS; COLON DISEASE; COLONOSCOPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION DISORDER; DEFECATION HABIT; DEFECATION URGENCY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; KNOWLES ECCERSLEY SCOTT CONSTIPATION SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN; MALE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PELVIS SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE ILEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SIGMOID ADHESION; SIGMOIDECTOMY; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; TISSUE ADHESION; WOUND INFECTION;

COLECTOMY; COLON, SIGMOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TISSUE ADHESIONS;

EID: 84884918631     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: 14321262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-013-1711-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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