Retrospective analysis of patients undergoing bowel transit reconstruction in a tertiary referral hospital of São Paulo's east side

Introduction: The morbidity and mortality of patients undergoing bowel transit reconstruction reach significant values. Perhaps this and other factors could explain why 30–60% of patients end up with definitive ostomies, even those with initially temporary ostomies, due to the procedure risks. Objec...

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Main Authors: Isaac José Felippe Corrêa Neto, Otávio Nunes Siá, Eduardo Augusto Lopes, Rodrigo Padilla, Katiucia Tereza Molezin Portugal, Alexander Sá Rolim, Rogério Freitas Lino Souza, Hugo Henriques Watté, Laércio Robles
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda. 2014-10-01
Series:Journal of Coloproctology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2237936314000793