Complications in colorectal surgery: risk factors and preventive strategies
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Complications in colorectal surgery: risk factors and preventive strategies
BACKGROUND Open or laparoscopic colorectal surgery comprises of many different types of procedures for various diseases. Depending upon the operation and modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors the intra- and postoperative morbidity and mortality rate vary. In general, surgical complications can be divided into intraoperative and postoperative complications and usually occur while the patien...
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عنوان ژورنال: Patient Safety in Surgery
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1754-9493
DOI: 10.1186/1754-9493-4-5