Brittany O Aicher, Matthew C Hernandez, Alejandro Betancourt-Ramirez, Michael D Grossman, Holly Heise, Thomas J Schroeppel, Napaporn Kongkaewpaisan, Haytham M A Kaafarani, Afton Wagner, Daniel Grabo, Michael Scott, Gregory Peck, Gloria Chang, Kazuhide Matsushima, Daniel C Cullinane, Laura M Cullinane, Benjamin Stocker, Joseph Posluszny, Ursula J Simonoski, Richard D Catalano, Georgia Vasileiou, D Dante Yeh, Vaidehi Agrawal, Michael S Truitt, MaryAnne Pickett, Linda Dultz, Alison Muller, Adrian W Ong, Janika L San Roman, Nadine Barth, Oliver Fackelmayer, Catherine G Velopulos, Cheralyn Hendrix, Jordan M Estroff, Sahil Gambhir, Jeffry Nahmias, Kokila Jeyamurugan, Nikolay Bugaev, Victor Portillo, Matthew M Carrick, Lindsay O'Meara, Joseph Kufera, Martin D Zielinski, Brandon R Bruns
OBJECTIVE: Evidence comparing stoma creation (STM) versus anastomosis after urgent or emergent colorectal resection is limited. This study examined outcomes after colorectal resection in emergency general surgery patients. METHODS: This was an Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma-sponsored prospective observational multicenter study of patients undergoing urgent/emergent colorectal resection. Twenty-one centers enrolled patients for 11 months. Preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative variables were recorded...
December 2020: Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery