title: Failure of the unopened colostomy to protect high-risk rectal anastomoses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Gloucester, UK.
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Dixon
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Thomson
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D003113:Colonoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D012002:Rectal Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D013529:Surgical Wound Dehiscence / Q000209:etiology*