A prospective randomized study of abdominal aortic surgery without postoperative nasogastric decompression

Vascular

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 492-494

  Friedman, S G ^a   Sowerby, S A ^a   Del Pin, C A ^a   Scher, L A ^a   Tortolani, A J ^a  

^a NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

aneurysm; aortic; bypass; nasogastric; tube

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0030209020     PISSN: 17085381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096721099600400415     Document Type: Article

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