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Colon: Long Hartmann and Rectal Stump Blowout

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Long Hartmann or rectal stump blowout is a dreaded complication of an often already complicated patient scenario. In this chapter, we discuss strategies for stump blowout prevention, diagnosis, and management.

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  1. Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

    Beth R. Hochman

  2. Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Patrick M. Reilly

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  1. R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center Acute Care Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Jose J. Diaz

  2. Acute Care Surgery, John Hopkins Hospital Acute Care Surgery, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    David T. Efron

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Hochman, B.R., Reilly, P.M. (2017). Colon: Long Hartmann and Rectal Stump Blowout. In: Diaz, J., Efron, D. (eds) Complications in Acute Care Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42376-0_14

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