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J B Thigpen

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PubMed1980

Current management of trauma to the colon.

In a review of 72 cases of trauma to the colon we have demonstrated that a 51 per cent primary closure rate can be obtained if the following considerations are used: 1) anatomic location of colon injury, 2) degree of fecal contamination, 3) number of associated organs injured. Considering these factors individually or in combination we were able to perform primary closure in 51 per cent of our patients, without colostomy and without increasing morbidity and mortality. As a result, the number of hospital days and surgical procedures have been reduced.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1978

Indications for choledochoduodenostomy.

In summmary, at University Hospital of Jacksonville, we have performed 36 side-to-side choledochoduodenostomies over the past five years. We have repeatedly demonstrated that choledochoduodenostomy is the procedure of choice for obstructing or partially obstructing lesions of the distal or mid common bile duct, and our extensions of the original indications have not affected the morbidity or mortality as previously reported.

Adolescent↗