Mechanical bowel preparation for elective colorectal surgery: Is it enough?

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1392-1394

  Gravante, Gianpiero ^a   Caruso, Riccardo ^b  

^a WHIPPS CROSS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HUMAN; LAVAGE; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL SURGERY; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 67349103830     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-008-0556-1     Document Type: Article

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