Beware of false-negative CT scan for anastomotic leakage after colonic surgery

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 445-451

  Kornmann, Verena N N ^a   Van Ramshorst, Bert ^a   Smits, Anke B ^a   Bollen, Thomas L ^a   Boerma, Djamila ^a  

^a ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abdomina computed tomography; Anastomotic leakage; Colon; Surgery

Indexed keywords

IOBITRIDOL;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS DEHISCENCE; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; COLON RESECTION; COLON SURGERY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FASCIA DEHISCENCE; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; ILEUS; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OBSTRUCTIVE ILEUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERAPY DELAY;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANASTOMOTIC LEAK; COLON; COLONIC DISEASES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84898599092     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: 14321262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-013-1815-5     Document Type: Article

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