Is Postoperative Proximal Decompression a Necessary Complement to Elective Colon Resection?

1 September 1977

journal article
Published by Southern Medical Association in Southern Medical Journal

Vol. 70 (9) , 1070-1071
https://doi.org/10.1097/00007611-197709000-00018

Abstract

Postoperative nasogastric suction is not a necessary complement to elective colon resection. We studied two groups of patients who had elective colon resection: nasogastric suction was used in the postoperative management of 53 patients, while 23 patients were managed without nasogastric suction. The morbidity and mortality rates were comparable in the two groups.

Keywords

POSTOPERATIVE
DECOMPRESSION
MORBIDITY
MORTALITY
NECESSARY COMPLEMENT
COMPLEMENT TO ELECTIVE
ELECTIVE COLON RESECTION

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