@article{dc88cc21301b4a82a968408d4b0031f4,
title = "Value of distal colon washout in civilian rectal trauma--reducing gut bacterial translocation.",
author = "Shannon, \{Francis L.\} and Moore, \{Ernest E.\} and Moore, \{Frederick A.\} and Mccroskey, \{Brian L.\} and McCroskey, \{Brian L.\}",
note = "Recent experience with civilian rectal trauma challenges the military dictum advocating routine distal colon washout. Opponents contend that septic morbidity is not influenced by perioperative removal of feces from the rectosigmoid region. In an effort to elucidate this issue, we reviewed 27 consecutive patients sustaining extraperitoneal rectal trauma over the past 5 years.",
year = "1988",
month = jul,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1097/00005373-198807000-00013",
language = "American English",
volume = "28",
journal = "Journal of Trauma-injury Infection and Critical Care",
number = "7",
}