Lessons learned from one thousand consecutive colonic resections in a teaching hospital

Swiss Med Wkly. 2007 May 5;137(17-18):259-64. doi: 10.4414/smw.2007.11750.

Abstract

Elective colectomies are standard procedures carrying below 1% mortality; by contrast, emergency colonic resections remain surgical challenges in compromised and/or elderly patients and are associated with high complication rates.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Colectomy / adverse effects
  • Colectomy / mortality*
  • Colon / surgery*
  • Elective Surgical Procedures
  • Emergencies
  • Female
  • Hospital Mortality*
  • Hospitals, Teaching / statistics & numerical data*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Prospective Studies
  • Risk Factors
  • Switzerland / epidemiology
  • Treatment Outcome*