Alle J L, Azagra J S, Elcheroth J, Cavenaile J C, Buchin R
Département de Chirurgie Digestive, Hôpital Universitaire Brugmann, Bruxelles.
Acta Chir Belg. 1990 May-Jun;90(3):86-8.
The authors present a series of 17 emergency subtotal colectomies as treatment of malignant occlusions of the left colon. They insist on the advantages of this operation as well as for the short term results (morbidity, mortality) and for the rare functional disease (diarrhea).