Preoperative polyethylene glycol versus a single enema in elective bowel surgery

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 54-57

  Veenhof, A A F A ^a   Sietses, C ^a   Giannakopoulos, G F ^a   Van Der Peet, D L ^a   Cuesta, M A ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bowel preparation, colorectal surgery; Colorectal surgery; Polyethylene glycol; Single enema

Indexed keywords

DISODIUM HYDROGEN PHOSPHATE; ENEMA; MACROGOL;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE ANASTOMOSIS; INTESTINE PREPARATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REOPERATION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLORECTAL SURGERY; ENEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247257845     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000100919     Document Type: Article

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