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Walter E. Longo

Researcher at Yale University

Publications -  246
Citations -  10557

Walter E. Longo is an academic researcher from Yale University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Colectomy & Veterans Affairs. The author has an hindex of 61, co-authored 245 publications receiving 9915 citations. Previous affiliations of Walter E. Longo include Saint Louis University & University of Connecticut.

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Risk factors for morbidity and mortality after colectomy for colon cancer

TL;DR: Mortality rates after colectomy in Veterans Affairs hospitals are comparable with those reported in other large studies, and Ascites, hypernatremia, do not resuscitate status before surgery, and American Society of Anesthesiologists classes III and IV OR V were strongly predictive of perioperative death.
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Lower gastrointestinal bleeding

TL;DR: Lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage is a complex clinical problem that requires disciplined and sophisticated evaluation for successful management and colonoscopy is the diagnostic procedure of choice both for its accuracy in localization and its therapeutic capability.
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The safety of intra-abdominal surgery in patients with cirrhosis: model for end-stage liver disease score is superior to Child-Turcotte-Pugh classification in predicting outcome.

TL;DR: A MELD score of 14 or greater was a better clinical predictor of poor outcome than Child-Turcotte-Pugh class C and patients with cirrhosis with hemoglobin levels lower than 10 g/dL should receive corrective blood transfusions before abdominal surgery.
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Diverticular Disease and Diverticulitis

TL;DR: The epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical presentation, and management of the spectrum of diverticular disease, including mention of recent advances in the treatment of chronic diversionicular disease with aminosalicyclates and probiotics are discussed.
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Colonoscopic perforations: Etiology, diagnosis, and management

TL;DR: Surgery is most definitely indicated in the presence of a large perforation demonstrated either colonoscopically or radiographically and in the setting of generalized peritonitis or ongoing sepsis.