Is nasogastric or nasojejunal decompression necessary after gastrectomy? A prospective randomized trial

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 122-127

  Carrère, Nicolas ^a   Seulin, Patrick ^a   Julio, Charles Henri ^a   Bloom, Eric ^a   Gouzi, Jean Luc ^a   Pradère, Bernard ^a  

^a CHU PURPAN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NASOJEJUNAL TUBE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PARTIAL GASTRECTOMY; PERFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH FISTULA; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TOTAL STOMACH RESECTION; TUBE;

AGED; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33846166151     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-006-0430-9     Document Type: Article

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