A comparison of abdominal cavity bacterial contamination of laparoscopy and laparotomy for colorectal cancers

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 198-201

  Saida, Yoshihisa ^a,b   Nagao, Jiro ^a   Nakamura, Yasushi ^a   Nakamura, Yoichi ^a   Enomoto, Toshiyuki ^a   Katagiri, Miwa ^a   Kusachi, Shinya ^a   Watanabe, Manabu ^a   Sumiyama, Yoshinobu ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abdominal contamination; Colorectal cancer; Douglas pouch; Laparoscopic surgery; Postoperative infection

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; AGED; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCISION; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; LAVAGE; MALE; PERITONEAL CAVITY; RECTOUTERINE POUCH; WOUND CLOSURE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 49449107557     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000140689     Document Type: Article

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