Pneumoperitoneum in the cancer patient

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3141-3147

  Badgwell, Brian ^a   Feig, Barry W ^a   Ross, Merrick I ^a   Mansfield, Paul F ^a   Wen, Sijin ^a   Chang, George J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Free Air; Immunocompromised; Non operative Management; Pneumatosis; Pneumoperitoneum

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERFORATION; PNEUMATOSIS INTESTINALIS; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; PROGNOSIS; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 35348917160     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-007-9510-9     Document Type: Article

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