Open AccessSuperior Nitrogen Balance After Laparoscopic-Assisted Colectomy
Author(s) -
Anthony J. Senagore,
Michael J. Kilbride,
Martin Luchtefeld,
John M. MacKeigan,
Allen T. Davis,
John J. Moore
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-199502000-00007
Subject(s) - medicine , colectomy , balance (ability) , laparoscopy , nitrogen balance , general surgery , surgery , nitrogen , physical therapy , ulcerative colitis , physics , quantum mechanics , disease
Although early resumption of enteral feeding after gastrointestinal surgery results in improved nitrogen balance and lower infectious complications, no postoperative nutritional data after laparoscopic-assisted colectomy exists.