Laparotomy for abdominal sepsis in the critically ill

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1300-1301

  Koperna, T ^a   Schulz, F ^a   Anderson, I D ^b  

^a GENERAL HOSPITAL LINZ   (Austria)

^b HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; NOTE; REOPERATION; SEPSIS;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; REOPERATION; SEPSIS;

EID: 0030228644     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800830937     Document Type: Letter

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