Delayed post-operative pneumoperitoneum

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 420-422

  Ceydeli, Adil ^a   Fahoum, Bashar ^a   Schein, Moshe ^b,c  

^a NEW YORK METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRONX LEBANON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Delayed; Post operative pneumoperitoneum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CECUM CARCINOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON RESECTION; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE RETENTION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CECAL NEOPLASMS; COLECTOMY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036434150     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000065826     Document Type: Article

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