Prophylactic tube jejunostomy: A worthwhile undertaking

Surgery Today

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 420-424

  Ramamurthy, Anand ^a   Negi, Sanjay Singh ^a   Chaudhary, Adarsh ^a,b  

^a SIR GANGA RAM HOSPITAL   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Complications; Enteral feeding; Tube jejunostomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HUMAN; JEJUNOSTOMY TUBE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JEJUNOSTOMY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 43049137355     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: 14362813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-007-3650-1     Document Type: Article

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