Do normal clinical signs and laboratory tests exclude anastomotic leakage?

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 219, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 164-

  Wu, Zhouqiao ^a   Freek, Daams ^a   Lange, Johan ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS;

ANASTOMOTIC LEAK; HUMANS; INTESTINES; VITAL SIGNS;

EID: 84902994799     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2014.03.044     Document Type: Letter

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