Mechanical bowel preparation versus no preparation before colorectal surgery: A randomized prospective trial in a tertiary care institute

Journal of Natural Science, Biology and Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 421-424

  Saha, Asis Kumar ^a   Chowdhury, Firoz ^b   Jha, Amitesh Kumar ^b   Chatterjee, Sajib ^a   Das, Anjan ^b   Banu, Parvin ^b  

^a NRS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b India   (India)

Author keywords

Anastomotic leakage; Colorectal surgery; Pre operative mechanical bowel preparation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904216553     PISSN: 09769668     EISSN: 22297707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.136214     Document Type: Article

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