title: Lessons learned from one thousand consecutive colonic resections in a teaching hospital.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University Hospital Geneva, 24 rue Micheli-du-Crest, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Nicolas C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Buchs
authors.forename: Pascal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gervaz
authors.forename: Pascal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bucher
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Huber
authors.forename: Gilles
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mentha
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Morel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003082:Colectomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000401:mortality*; D003106:Colon / Q000601:surgery*; D017558:Elective Surgical Procedures; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D013557:Switzerland / Q000453:epidemiology; D016896:Treatment Outcome