Delayed bowel perforation after routine distal loopogram prior to ileostomy closure
Ultra-low anterior resection for low rectal cancer is usually done with a covering ileostomy as a safety measure to reduce the consequences of distal anastomotic failure. In many centres, distal loopogram is performed routinely, prior to the closure of the loop ileostomy, to assess the integrity of...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2020-04-01
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| Series: | Open Medicine |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/med-2020-0037 |