Survey among surgeons on surgical treatment strategies for secondary peritonitis

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 387-394

  Lamme, B ^a   Boermeester, M A ^a   De Vos, R ^a   Van Ruler, O ^a   Van Till, J W O ^a   Obertop, H ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Case vignettes; Planned relaparotomy; Relaparotomy on demand; Secondary peritonitis

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; LAPAROTOMY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PERITONITIS; REOPERATION; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGEON; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL PATIENT;

ADULT; AGED; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PERITONITIS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION;

EID: 16244392402     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000081883     Document Type: Review

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