Outpatient bowel preparation for elective colon resection

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 526-530

  Le, Tam H ^a,b   Timmcke, Alan E ^a,b,c   Gathright Jr , J Byron ^a,b   Hicks, Terry C ^a,b   Opelka, Frank G ^a,b   Beck, David E ^a,b  

^a Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation ^*

^b OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ELECTROLYTE; GOLYTELY; MACROGOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; COLON RESECTION; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE PREPARATION; LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OUTPATIENT; SAFETY; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0030923405     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199705000-00013     Document Type: Article

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