Gastrostomy using a 'Gastrofix' as an alternative for nasogastric tubes in ovarian cancer surgery

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 348-351

  Amant, F ^a   Berteloot, P ^a   Vergote, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Debulking; Gastrofix; Gastronomy; Ovarian cancer

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OVARY CANCER; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; STOMACH INTUBATION; STOMACH LAVAGE;

EID: 0032422153     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1998.5216     Document Type: Article

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