Complications in colorectal surgery: Risk factors and preventive strategies

Patient Safety in Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Kirchhoff, Philipp ^a   Clavien, Pierre Alain ^a   Hahnloser, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; IRON; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE;

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ABSCESS; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLEEDING; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; COLON CANCER; COLON RESECTION; COLORECTAL ANASTOMOSIS; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COMORBIDITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ELECTROSURGERY; ENTERIC FEEDING; HEMATOMA; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; ILEUS; INTESTINAL BLEEDING; INTESTINE LAVAGE; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LEARNING; MEDICAL EXPERT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT SAFETY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PERITONEUM ADHESION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RECTUM CANCER; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPLEEN INJURY; STANDARDIZATION; STOMA; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TRAINING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TISSUE ADHESION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WORK EXPERIENCE;

EID: 78651388019     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17549493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1754-9493-4-5     Document Type: Review

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