Position paper: Management of perforated sigmoid diverticulitis

World Journal of Emergency Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Moore, Frederick A ^a   Catena, Fausto ^b   Moore, Ernest E ^c   Leppaniemi, Ari ^d   Peitzmann, Andrew B ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Complicated diverticulitis; Hartmann's procedure; Laparoscopic lavage and drainage; Percutaneous drainage; Primary resection anastomosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890907125     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17497922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-7922-8-55     Document Type: Review

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