Prospective randomized trial of systemic antibiotics in patients undergoing liver resection

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 489-493

  Wu, C C ^a   Yeh, D C ^b   Lin, M C ^b   Liu, T J ^b   P'eng, F K ^b  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; NEOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031901242     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.1998.00606.x     Document Type: Article

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