With routine air leak testing of low colorectal anastomosis is routine intra-operative flexible sigmoidoscopy necessary?

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 265-265

  Wu, Z ^a   Menon, A ^b   Jeekel, J ^a   Lange, J ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Havenziekenhuis   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; COLORECTAL ANASTOMOSIS; COST; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE FLEXIBLE SIGMOIDOSCOPY; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANASTOMOSIS; ANASTOMOTIC LEAK; COLON RESECTION; FEMALE; MALE; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PROCEDURES;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANASTOMOTIC LEAK; COLECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MALE; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 84922979067     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/codi.12877     Document Type: Letter

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