Reduced postoperative infections with an immune‐enhancing nutritional supplement
- 1 June 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in The Laryngoscope
- Vol. 109 (6) , 915-921
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00005537-199906000-00014
Abstract
Objectives/Hypothesis: Malnutrition is a significant risk factor for postoperative infections in patients undergoing oncologic surgery. This study was undertaken to determine if perioperative nutriti...Keywords
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