Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy complications in a tertiary-care center

American Surgeon

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 117-120

  Lockett, Mark A ^a,b   Templeton, Mia L ^a   Byrne, T Karl ^a   Norcross, E Douglas ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b East Tennessee State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; REVIEW; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; WOUND INFECTION; ARTICLE; GASTROSTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; GASTROSTOMY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0036479573     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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