Early postoperative administration of probiotics versus placebo in elderly patients undergoing elective colorectal surgery: A double-blind randomized controlled trial

BMC Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL.2, 2013, Pages

  Pellino, Gianluca ^a   Sciaudone, Guido ^a   Candilio, Giuseppe ^a   Camerlingo, Antonio ^a   Marcellinaro, Rosa ^a   De Fatico, Serena ^a   Rocco, Federica ^a   Canonico, Silvestro ^a   Riegler, Gabriele ^a   Selvaggi, Francesco ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; AGED; ARTICLE; COLON DISEASE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTUM DISEASE; TIME;

AGED; COLONIC DISEASES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROBIOTICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTAL DISEASES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84885334194     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2482-13-S2-S57     Document Type: Article

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