Surgical approaches to peritonitis

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1317-1318

  Boermeester, M A ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM PERFORATION; DIVERTICULITIS; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY SURGERY; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; LAPAROTOMY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; PERITONITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RISK REDUCTION; SEPSIS; SIGMOIDECTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH;

HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; PERITONITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 36348970008     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.6041     Document Type: Editorial

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