A randomized controlled trial of postoperative nasogastric tube decompression in gynecologic oncology patients undergoing intra-abdominal surgery

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 399-402

  Pearl, Michael L ^a   Valea, Fidel A ^a   Fischer, Margaret ^a   Chalas, Eva ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; CANCER SURGERY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0029788417     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0029-7844(96)00183-4     Document Type: Article

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