Reevaluation of routine gastrointestinal decompression after gastrectomy for gastric cancer

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 50, Issue 52, 2003, Pages 1190-1192

  Chung, Ho Young ^a,b   Yu, Wansik ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Kyungpook National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Gastrectomy; Gastric carcinoma; Nasogastric decompression

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADULT; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMAN; INTESTINE FUNCTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; SORE THROAT; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH INTUBATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037662841     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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