Suture line failure in intra-abdominal colonic trauma: is there an effect of segmental variations in blood supply on outcome?

J Trauma. 2005 Aug;59(2):359-66; discussion 366-8. doi: 10.1097/01.ta.0000185034.64059.96.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anastomosis, Surgical
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Colon / blood supply*
  • Colon / injuries*
  • Colon, Sigmoid / injuries
  • Colostomy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Postoperative Complications / physiopathology*
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Surgical Wound Dehiscence / epidemiology
  • Sutures
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Wounds, Gunshot / surgery
  • Wounds, Penetrating / surgery*