Surgery for diverticulitis in the 21st century a systematic review

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 292-302

  Regenbogen, Scott E ^a   Hardiman, Karin M ^a   Hendren, Samantha ^a   Morris, Arden M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; COLON RESECTION; COLORECTAL ANASTOMOSIS; COLOSTOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIVERTICULITIS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; IRRITABLE COLON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PELVIS ABSCESS; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PERFORATION; PERITONITIS; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROPERITONEAL ABSCESS; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CHRONIC DISEASE; COLECTOMY; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RECURRENCE; SIGMOID DISEASES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84897585347     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2013.5477     Document Type: Review

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