Intra-operative peritoneal lavage - Who does it and why?

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 255-258

  Whiteside, O J H ^a   Tytherleigh, M G ^a   Thrush, S ^b   Farouk, R ^a   Galland, Robert B ^a  

^a ROYAL BERKSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intra operative peritoneal lavage

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; POVIDONE IODINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABDOMINAL CANCER; ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; PERITONITIS; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POSTAL MAIL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; PERITONEAL LAVAGE; POVIDONE-IODINE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SURGERY; WATER;

EID: 22944469732     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/1478708051847     Document Type: Article

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