Surgical management of severe secondary peritonitis

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1371-1377

  Bosscha, K ^a   Van Vroonhoven, Th J M V ^a   Van Der Werken, Ch ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HEPARIN;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC PANCREATITIS; ANASTOMOSIS DEHISCENCE; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTESTINE ANASTOMOSIS; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LAPAROTOMY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORTALITY; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PERITONITIS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0032694483     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.1999.01258.x     Document Type: Review

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