Re-laparotomy for severe intra-abdominal infections

Surgical Infections

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 307-310

  Mandell, Katherine ^a   Arbabi, Saman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LAPAROTOMY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; REVIEW; ABDOMEN; PERITONITIS;

ABDOMEN; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; PERITONITIS;

EID: 77954913431     PISSN: 10962964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/sur.2010.023     Document Type: Review

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