Futility: what Cool Hand Luke can teach the surgical community

World J Surg. 2009 Jul;33(7):1338-40. doi: 10.1007/s00268-009-9997-2.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Colectomy / adverse effects
  • Colectomy / methods
  • Critical Illness
  • Disease Progression
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Informed Consent
  • Intestines / blood supply*
  • Intestines / surgery
  • Ischemia / diagnosis
  • Ischemia / etiology
  • Ischemia / surgery*
  • Laparotomy / methods
  • Medical Futility*
  • Middle Aged
  • Multiple Myeloma / complications
  • Multiple Myeloma / diagnosis*
  • Multiple Myeloma / surgery*
  • Palliative Care / methods
  • Postoperative Complications / physiopathology
  • Postoperative Complications / therapy
  • Withholding Treatment